Category: Electronic Crime
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Silk Road Dark Web Thief Sentenced, Also Forced To Forfeit $3.4 Billion – eCrimeBytes Nibble #30
You may have heard of the Silk Road, an online dark web forum to purchase drugs and other illegal items or services. You may not have known that an individual named James…
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Man Sentenced For Stealing 712 Bitcoin ($5m) Law Enforcement Seized From His Brother! – eCrimeBytes Nibble #29
Police seize man’s (Larry Harmon) Bitcoin for running a Bitcoin mixer service called Helix, but man’s brother (Gary Harmon) recreates the Bitcoins to steal them back! This all stems from the Larry…
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Sentencing In The 2020 Sturgis Sex Crime Sting – eCrimeBytes Nibble #28
In 2020 there were 8 arrests in a Sturgis sex crime sting. Cody Wayne Hopkins was one of those arrests. According to HSI, Hopkins started chatting with a 14 year old girl,…
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eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 12, Pt 2: Spies And Naval Nuclear Secrets In Annapolis, Maryland
This is part 2! You will want to watch part 1 first: eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 12, Pt 1: Spies And Naval Nuclear Secrets In Annapolis, Maryland In this episode we will…
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Deputy Arrested For Leaking Investigation On Snapchat – eCrimeBytes Nibble #27
Former deputy Giray Uzen has been charged for disclosing confidential criminal justice information when he took pictures of data about a street racing investigation and then posted it on Snapchat. This data…
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Michigan Mom Sentenced For Catfishing And Stalking Her Own Daughter And Daughter’s Boyfriend – eCrimeBytes Nibble #25
I wish this case was not a rural Michigan county. I’d love to be able to pull the electronic court documents. Kendra Licari pled guilty to cyberstalking her own daughter and her…
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Annapolis Maryland Man Sentenced To Four Months For Threatening Ted Cruz – eCrimeBytes Nibble #24
UPDATE: It’s 4 MONTHS, not YEARS. I am not sure how my brain autocorrected to years. It must’ve been during the time I was laughing at “chuckle-fuck”. My apologies. Nope, the Annapolis…
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PlugwalkJoe Pleads Guilty!
Hot off the press! We will have to have an eCrimeBytes update, as we talked about Plugwalk Joe extensively in season 1, episode 5: eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 5: PlugwalkJoe O’CONNOR was…
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eCrimeBytes S 1, Ep 12, Pt 1: Spies And Naval Nuclear Secrets In Annapolis, Maryland
In this episode we will look at a case of “spy versus spy” where a unlikely couple from Annapolis, MD were caught stealing and selling electronic files containing classified nuclear submarine secrets…
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“Tired” Employee Allegedly Sabotaged His Employer’s Business Over Two Weeks Of Pay – eCrimeBytes Nibble #23
I just couldn’t resist the obvious joke in the title when I found out his employer’s business was involved in tires and tire related accessories. There is not a lot out there…