Three Charged in Online Brokerage Scam


	Three Charged in Online Brokerage Scam

twokatmew

3-14-2007 3:03 AM

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Indian nationals Jaisankar Marimuthu, Chockalingam Ramanathan and Thirugnanam Ramanathan were arrested and indicted on multiple counts, marking the first time an arrest and federal charges were made in an online brokerage account intrusion case.
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The men allegedly took positions in 14 stocks and then hacked into online U.S. brokerage accounts between July and November 2006. Using the victims' own account funds, the defendants allegedly pumped up the market for those shares and then dumped them, accumulating profits of more than $121,500. The brokerages subsequently suffered damages of more than $875,000 for the compromised accounts.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BC128216-F2AD-4270-8EC1-102CED003D97/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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