I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 30, 2007 @05:57AM from the well-not-me-the-guy-who-wrote-the-article dept.

Hoi Polloi writes "Wired News has a series starting on internet crime. The first piece they have up covers the story of a cybercrook who specialized in credit card fraud. Caught in a sting operation in November of 2002, the man who identified himself as 'El Mariachi' on message boards would lead a double life for the next two years working for the FBI. As he reported on credit card scammers, dodged his former associates, and stopped criminals from defrauding the 2004 presidential campaign, he also tried to keep his life together. A fascinating tale that looks at the face of modern crime, and crime-stopping techniques."

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Re:I RTFA.... the first page at least.... by Iphtashu+Fitz · 2007-01-30 06:13 · Score: 3, Informative

you didn't do a day in the slammer

Next time you might want to read the whole FA:

Thomas began his work for the FBI five months after his Issaquah arrest and after serving three months in jail. ...
Then, two months later Taylor was jailed in Colorado on new charges unrelated to the Issaquah bust. He served eleven months before being released in May 2004.