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Teen charged in cyber stock scam
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-10-09

Federal officials filed securities fraud and computer crime complaints Thursday against a Pennsylvania teenager who allegedly used a Trojan horse and someone else's online brokerage account to sell thousands of worthless stock options to an unwilling buyer.

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the funny thing is 2003-10-13
Anonymous
No doubt! When I first heard about this case, I thought it'd be good for one of those "stupid criminal" shows. I really laughed when I read this account saying that the government was bragging about catching him. It's not like banks and brokerages keep records or anything... :)...

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