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Fake Hacker Found Guilty Following Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme (softpedia.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "Michael Mancil Brown, 37, of Franklin, Tennessee, faces up to thirty years in prison, a fine up to $250,000, and orders of restitution to victims, because of a daring stunt he pulled off in 2012 that involved fake hacking the PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting firm, and US presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Back in 2012, Brown had the bright idea to write a letter alleging to have hacked PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) servers and stolen tax documents prior to 2010 for Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann," writes Softpedia. The "hacker" asked for $1 million in Bitcoin, and after publishing details about his fake hack online, he almost received it from a "third-party," but not before the FBI arrested him and then uncovered his lie. Last Friday, Brown was found guilty and then convicted of six counts of wire fraud and six counts of using facilities of interstate commerce to commit extortion.
Losing a million dollars to a fake hack is Bush-level stupid.
It said a "third party" almost paid him. That could be anyone including a wealthy member of the opposite political party.
But the news here is always misleading baiting crap these days.
There are precious few articles here these days that you can really trust the headline or summary to be exactly what it sounds like.
The economy going to hell had a lot of help from the government. Chris Dodd and Barney Frank should be in cells next to the banksters.
Please list the names of bankers who committed crimes, and the specific crimes they committed (it would be helpful if you mentioned the actual statutes they violated). Then point out when the DoJ became aware of these specific crimes but refused to indict. Thanks for the details. If you're aware of specific financial crimes that the DoJ does NOT know about, why aren't you making phone calls?
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.