DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months

DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2002-12-16

A 14-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) who fled to Mexico to avoid federal computer crime charges was sentenced in a federal court in Los Angeles on Monday to 27 months in prison for selling information on private citizens he plundered from sensitive law enforcement databases.

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

i bet he is wishing he charded a little more than 22k fro 25 months in the slammer......

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-18
Anonymous

chances is he wont serve it all....

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-17
Metzer Crane (1 replies)

What a joke!! The man is a federal agent and sells the information. He should be shot!!! There should be NO TOLERANCE for such misuse of information. He sold information about private individuals which was created using tax dollars. Not only did he break the law by selling the information, but ...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-18
Anonymous

You are really American... What if you were on his place?

It seems like Americans have some education issues related with empathy.

With this, I'm not against that man being punished, though I think people should be punished and recovered from what they did, and prison will only make him a wo...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-18
Rob

I think he got off lightly. What has happened to justice??...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-18
Anonymous (2 replies)

The real question is why does the DEA have access to workers comp info. do they think people injured at work are gonna become drug dealers or what?...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-18
On2 Mambo Guy

The way I read the story ...

It's not that the DEA had specific info on Workers Comp...

But, this guy combined info from the different DBs to help that outside PI company with their investigation of Workers Comp. fraud ......

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Maybe because of the pain medication records. 2002-12-19
Anonymous

Any time someone is prescribed morphine or any other addictive pain medication, the doctor writing the prescription is required to report it to the DEA....

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FELONOUS DEA Data Thief Sentenced to PITIFUL 27 Months 2002-12-18
Anonymous

What a tragedy for those that have been investigated and cleared of suspition after YEARS of expensive and emotionally painful process; this guy was investigate, charged, tried, and now sentenced as a penalty a measly two years sentence. And the 2 year sentence will likely be comuted.

I am not i...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-19
Anonymous

I think this is a total sham...IT disgusts me to the nth degree that a federal law enforcement agent would breach his duties and provide this information. And with only a 2year measly sentence...Can you say commute? I am sure that the money he earned is sitting is some bank in belieze and accruing...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced -this is soooo widespread I'd bet 2002-12-20
Anonymous

In the state of NSW in Australia, they spent millions and millions holding a Royal Commission into the NSW Police Force which is the 2nd or 3rd largest police force in the world with around 16,000 people.

A Royal Comission is a specially set up inquiry by the govt that has the power to compel wit...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months, FBI, NSA, TIA, ... 2002-12-21
Bozzo

Over this sad affair, we have the powerful TIA and all this kind of technologies (as Echelon I & II, Dragon Ware Suite, Magloclen, ...), they attempt to the privacies...

And in TIA, what I love the most is the free-mason's eye on the top of the pyramid : all a program !...

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months -Why was the company that bought it not punished 2002-12-21
Anonymous

The company that paid him for the information should be treated the same way that fences are treated for stolen goods. They should lose their investigation license and be finded at least twice what they paid for the information....

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-24
ErrorR

Pathetic how agents do crime yet can't get away... Shows to see where there years went..

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DEA Data Thief Sentenced to 27 Months 2002-12-27
Former

5yrs. & $5,000 fine is all that the punishment is for this crime. Granted he did not get 60mos., but consider the 6mos. spent as a fugitive and the trial. I am sure he is sorry for his crime. Especially if $22.5k is all that changed hands.. (what a sucker.)

Sadly, though, all this information...

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