Man Convicted For Helping Thousands Steal Internet Access

angry tapir writes "An Oregon man has been convicted of seven courts of wire fraud for helping thousands of people steal Internet service. Ryan Harris, 26, of Redmond, Oregon, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He faces a prison term of up to 20 years and a fine of up to $250,000 on each of the seven counts."

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seven courts

[Anonymous Coward]

Courts are an odd unit to measure instances of wire fraud.

Re:seven courts

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe 1 court = 1/8 Library of Congress.

Re:seven courts

[Mitchell314]

Close, 1 Court ~ 0.1248859302 Libraries of Congress. The SI system never lines up nicely with the US's.

Re:seven courts

[MobileTatsu-NJG]

That typo was in the article, too. I'm not sure whether I should snobbily deride the editors for not correcting the mistake or fashionably praise Slashdot for finally reporting on a article accurately.