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and The Clashmaster. Well, he apparently had cashed roughly 16 checks belonging
to one John Martino (a man who lives down the street from him). Around August
4, 1986, Dr. Who and Telenet Bob were picked up in a store in North Adams,
Massachusetts. They were trying to pass off another check.
The police were on the scene very shortly and they were taken in. Dr. Who told
the police inspector about a PDP-11/23 when asked about it. He had frauded
this at Harvard University and told them that RC Modeler (also known as Recent
Change) had it. They converged on a sleeping RC who confessed everything.
Dr. Who is being charged with 16 counts of theft.
RC Modeler is being charged with larceny & possibly as an accomplice to theft.
Telenet Bob is being charged with 1 count of attempted theft.
Dr. Who and RC Modeler are reportedly out of the scene permanently and Dr. Who
may be serving some prison time. Also, RC Modeler, when being questioned, was
asked about Legion of Doom. This is VERY strange since we cannot figure out
quite WHY this was asked.
Sysops are asked to clear their accounts form any bbs they were on.
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The following is the interpretation of the same events as described by the
Concord Journal. The real names of the phreaks involved have been censored.
Computer Theft Charge
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An 18-year-old Concord man was charged on August 5, 1986 with stealing a $3,300
computer [PDP-11/23 with Venix software] from Harvard University and a portable
stereo from an unknown store by using checks, police allege he knew to be
forged, to pay for the items, police said.
RC Modeler, was charged with two counts of larceny over $100, police said.
[Also, accessory to the crime, RC says.]
Police issued a warrant for RC's arrest after being tipped-off by the North
Adam's police that he had allegedly made purchases with checks they alleged to
be stolen and forged.
North Adam's police, according to reports, arrested Doctor Who, of Lenox, MA.
[and Telenet Bob], and charged him with using stolen and forged checks earlier
this month. Police said Who told them about RC's purchases. They said Who
wrote checks for the purchase of the computer equipment and the stereo for RC.
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Well, RC might get off with 3 years of probation (including possible drug
testing according to RC.). Dr. Who's court set is set for August 25, 1986.
He will most likely be doing some prison time unfortunately. Please address
all further questions to The Clashmaster.
Information Provided By The Clashmaster
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Portrait Of The Typical Computer Criminal August 11, 1986
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from PC Week Magazine
In studying the typical computer criminal, the National Center for Computer
Crime Data, in L.A., may have recently shattered some common myths.
Rather than being some genius computer programmer, according to the center's
recently published report, the typical computer criminal is just that: quite
typical. He's most often a male, with an average age of 22, and if not, he's
next likely to be 19. Chances are he's a programmer, but if that job
description doesn't fit, he's most likely a student or an input clerk.
Less than 5% of the time, this criminal will be either unskilled or unemployed,
and less than 2% of the time will he be a computer executive.
In more than 40% of the cases that the center studied, criminals stole money,
and if cash wasn't their style, they split between stealing information or
programs and damaging software.
For these crimes, 4/5ths of those caught had to pay a fine or do community
service or both, or serve less than 6 months in jail. In close to 1/5th of the
cases, the criminal's only punishment was to make restitution.
Some notes from Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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Pisses me off! How dare they suggest we are not GENIUS computer programmers! Oh
wait a minute, I know why they screwed up the statistics! They haven't caught
the geniuses, so we throw off the statistical skew since we're still free.
Also I think it's high time computer executives start accounting for their fair
share of computer crime! They probably don't get in the statistics either since
they pull off the really big money rip-offs and it doesn't get published by the
high power companies they work for so the public keeps faith in them.
Information Provided By Sally Ride:::Space Cadet
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Dan Pasquale: Still Hostile or Ancient History? September 8, 1986
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Some updated information on Sergeant Dan Pasquale (Fremont, CA Police
Department) aka The Revenger here. Supposedly he has been calling Oryan QUEST
on several occasions and filling in Oryan as to his plans on whom to bust.
However, an investigation into the truth of this matter shows otherwise.
Most recently, Oryan QUEST informed me that Dan Pasquale was trying to gain
information on The Yakuza. I told The Yakuza about this and had him call Dan
himself to find out what was going on.