Friday, March 4, 2011

Jail for British teenagers who had created the "Facebook of piracy"

Four and five years in prison: the creators and administrators GhostMarket. net, an important forum where enrolled about 8,000 suspected pirates were sentenced to heavy prison Thursday by a British court. Arrested in 2009 at the age of 18, Nicholas Webber, the creator of the forum has received a sentence of five years firm.

On his computer, investigators had discovered 100,000 credit card numbers stolen. The young man had also tried to evade justice, fleeing in Majorca when he was on parole before being arrested in late January, and issued death threats against investigators on other forums. The administrator has been sentenced to four years in prison, and his host, also accused of creating hacking tools, to five years in prison.

Other forum members were sentenced to eighteen months in jail and community service for their complicity in fraud and money laundering. GhostMarket. Net allows users to buy and sell credit card details and credit card numbers, and also included manuals for piracy and money laundering. Described by investigators as a "Facebook piracy" GhostMarket.

net has been closed since 2009 and the wave of arrests of its members. He gave way to other forums, mainly hosted in Russia or Asia.

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