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Prison time for unlucky phisher
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-01-21

An Ohio woman who used forged e-mails from "AOL security" to swindle America Online subscribers out of their credit card numbers was sentenced to 46 months in prison Tuesday, after a federal judge in Virginia rejected her plea for a reduced sentence.

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Prison time for unlucky phisher 2004-01-22
JeiAr <security (at) gulftech (dot) org [email concealed]>
GREAT!!! I hope this sends a message to other online con artists that they are not anonymous, and that there ARE real life consequences for thier actions....

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