NZ Teen Guilty of Million-Dollar Hacking


	NZ Teen Guilty of Million-Dollar Hacking

righthand

4-1-2008 8:02 AM

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fbi, web, youth, guilty

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The 18-year old, who was underage when the offences were committed. Judge Arthur Tompkins said he was not considering prison.

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4-1-2008 1:22 PM

carrerinyes

Yikes!

4-13-2008 5:29 AM

ofcapri

U.S. gov. wants to hire this young man.Come to work for Uncle Sam and show us how to dig deep into peoples pockets. We will call the program the I.R.S.

4-13-2008 6:32 AM

righthand

Good one. Ha ha

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