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  • Porn scam netted 900,000 users, $37.5 million dollars and 11 years in jail

    06/12/2004 7:52:11 AM PDT · by ijcr · 34 replies · 303+ views
    Security News Portal ^ | 05-11-2004 | Associated Press
    A man who admitted illegally using credit card information of about 900,000 people to sign them up for pornographic Web sites was sentenced Monday to more than 11 years in prison. Kenneth H. Taves, 52, was also ordered to pay restitution for the scheme, which prosecutors estimated netted him $37.5 million. About $12.8 million has been recovered, and another $8.1 million is believed to be in banks in the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. The rest of the money has not been found, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Brent Whittlesey. Taves, of Malibu, ran a business called NetFill that provided access...