Tag: news
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AI Makes Child Porn Too – eCrimeBytes Nibble #37
With every technological advancement someone will eventually come along and exploit it. Well, those using AI have been caught deepfaking child porn. At first I thought this was a case of creating…
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Ex-Uber CSO Joe Sullivan Receives Probation For Cover Up – eCrimeBytes Nibble #36
Sit back and listen to the story of Joe Sullivan, Uber’s former Chief Security Officer (CSO) and his cover up of a data breach landing him… probation? This was a highly publicized…
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One Of Florida’s Biggest Ponzi Schemes – eCrimeBytes Nibble #35
Michael DaCorta was behind a FL Ponzi scheme tricking 700 victims into giving him $80 million dollars to invest. It looks like this was a traditional Ponzi scheme where earlier “investors” in…
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YouTuber Intentionally Crashes Plane For The Likes – eCrimeBytes Nibble #34
On Nov 24, 2021 Trevor Jacob took off from an airport in California. This was no ordinary flight as Jacob claimed to have the ashes of a friend with him. Oddly, his…
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Georgia Man Sentenced For Cyber Fraud Theft Of Over $2 Million, His Brother Is Still At Large – eCrimeBytes Nibble #31
In this case, Christian Akhatsegbe worked with others to defraud companies through fake invoices sent via stolen corporate credentials. Apparently the invoices looked real enough for one victim to pay nearly $1…
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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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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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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…