If he’d been convicted, he could have been jailed for 25 years.

But he’s now free —- thanks to a Facebook entry, made when the robbery took place.

Bradford’s arrest was for “the mugging at gunpoint of Jeremy Dunklebarger and Rolando Perez-Lorenzo at 11:50 a.m. on Oct. 17,” according to Robert Reuland, his lawyer, says the New York Times.

Bradford, aready facing charges in a previous robbery, “contended he was in Harlem at the time of the Oct. 17 robbery — a claim supported by Mr. Bradford’s father, Rodney Bradford Sr., and his stepmother, Ernestine Bradford, Mr. Reuland said,” the story states, going on:

“Mr. Reuland acknowledged that, in principle, anyone who knew Mr. Bradford’s user name and password could have typed the Facebook update,” but, “This implies a level of criminal genius that you would not expect from a young boy like this; he is not Dr. Evil,” he’s quoted as saying, “adding the Facebook entry was just “icing on the cake,” since his client had “other witnesses who provided an alibi”.

Brooklyn district attorney office spokesman Jonah Bruno e acknowledged that Facebook was crucial to the charges’ being dropped, adds the NYT.

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Microsoft cofee, that is.

And no, that’s not a typo. That’s the way Steve and the Boyz describe their law enforcement tool “that mystified so many of us,” says TechCrunch.

Said the Seattle Times earlier in the year »»»

Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.

The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB “thumb drive” that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement agencies last June. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith described its use to the 350 law-enforcement experts attending a company conference …

The device contains 150 commands that can dramatically cut the time it takes to gather digital evidence, which is becoming more important in real-world crime, as well as cybercrime.

Says Microsoft »»»

Law enforcement agencies around the world face a common challenge in their fight against cybercrime, child pornography, online fraud, and other computer-facilitated crimes: They must capture important evidence on a computer at the scene of an investigation before it is powered down and removed for later analysis. “Live” evidence, such as active system processes and network data, is volatile and may be lost in the process of turning off a computer. How does an officer on the scene effectively do this if he or she is not a trained computer forensics expert?

So »»»

To help combat the growing number of ways that criminals use computers and the Internet to commit crimes, Microsoft is working with INTERPOL and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) to provide COFEE at no cost to law enforcement agencies in 187 countries worldwide. INTERPOL and NW3C are also working with Florida State University and University College Dublin to continue the research and development that will help ensure that COFEE serves the needs of law enforcement, even as technology evolves.

Want one?

No problem.

It won’t be of any practical use to you, TechCrunch points out. But still …

“I’m not mentioning any names, nor will there be any screenshots, but the resourceful among you will be able to find the application, it says, adding:

“So that’s that then; Microsoft COFEE is out there. It’s not too big, either, at around 15MB.”

(Cheers, Andrew)

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TechCrunch – Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!, November 6, 2009
Seattle Times – Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime, April 29, 2009

He had stories about “sex involving teen girls and incest he wrote himself and never tried to publish or share,” says the Ottawa Sun, going on, “Thomas, 43, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing child pornography. The 10 stories found on a computer hard drive are now sealed.”

He was charged “after police were contacted in December 2008 by employees of Future Shop — where he worked — regarding written material found on a demo computer,” says the story, going on, “His resume was in the same folder. Thomas admitted that he’d written some of the stories and also edited material he found on the Internet.

“[Judge Hugh] Fraser concluded the collection was small, involved teens and Thomas poses little risk to kids,” the Sun continues. “He went to the Royal Ottawa Hospital for help on his own. A psychiatrist did phallometric testing and found him to be a low risk to reoffend. He was even lower risk where ‘live children’ are concerned.”

Thomas, a Jehovah’s Witness, has been married for 16 years and still lives with his wife, “although she now wants ‘nothing to do with him’,” says the Ottawa Citizen,adding:

“In addition to the jail time, Thomas was sentenced to two years of probation, including conditions that he not have any unsupervised contact with females under the age of 18. He was also prohibited from accessing the Internet or possessing any phone or other device with built-in Internet capabilities.”

He was also ordered to provide a DNA sample to the national databank and added to the sex-offender registry.

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Ottawa Sun – Man jailed over incest stories, October 30, 2009
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“We’re the victims of an ongoing DDoS attack,” The Local has spokesperson Linda Widmark saying, “shortly before the site, polisen.se, became accessible again at around 5pm”.

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) was on “full alert” following a 12-hour period in which news organizations and police have both been targeted, says the story.

Early Thursday morning, “a client of IT service provider Basefarm fell victim to what appeared to be a deliberate hacker attack” it says, going on:

” Since then, many of the company’s other clients have also been targeted in a series of attacks which took several major Swedish news sites out of operation during the morning. ‘It seems to be some form of overload attack,” Basefarm spokesperson Jan Fredriksson told the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper’.”

Lennart Rosqvist, head of IT at Göteborgs-Posten (GP), a Mktmedia newspapers hit by the attack, was critical of Basefarm.

The common web platform used by the papers explains part of the reason why so many news websites were affected, The Local has him stating, continuing,  “It’s obvious that you can’t protect against everything. But my understanding is that Basefarm should have had some form of protection against this. DDoS-attackers aren’t an unknown phenomenon,” Rosqvist told GP.

“He added that the incident should serve as a lesson to webmasters about the dangers of having a centralized system rather than a decentralized system,” says the story.

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The Local – Police website falls victim to cyber attack, October 29, 2009

His weapon of choice?

A screw-driver.

Things came to a head after his mother, “saw a detailed account on her daughter-in-law’s Facebook page in which she admitted being unfaithful,” says The Local, going on:

The mother then informed her son, who became so enraged that he drank himself into a stupor and headed over to his rival’s apartment in Malmö in southern Sweden.

When his wife’s lover refused to open the door, the alcohol-emboldened man smashed down the door and stabbed his rival 20 to 30 times with a screwdriver.

The 28-year-old then tried to push the other man through a window before fleeing the scene, leaving the screwdriver stuck in his wife’s lover’s back.

The attacker was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to pay 42,000 kronor ($6,000) to the victim, says the story.

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The Local – Man jailed for attack following Facebook affair confession, October 27, 2009

They were under suspicion in an insider trading scandal which once rocked France.

“Vivendi … staggered back from bankruptcy after ex-chairman Jean-Marie Messier’s spending excesses brought it close to ruin,” said a 2004 p2pnet story, going on:

“At one point, French prosecutors were examining whether or not Vivendi deliberately misled investors while it was being run by Messier, who himself faced possible class-actions in the US.

“It was also under criminal investigation in the US.”

Now, they’ve both been ordered to stand trial in France on charges dating back eight years,  says the Financial Times, going on this overrules an earlier finding by the Paris prosecutor that there was no case to answer.

“The investigation centres on allegations of market manipulation, distributing false information, and misuse of corporate funds during a period of daring acquisitions masterminded by Mr Messier, then chief executive, to turn Vivendi into a global media giant,” it says, continuing »»»

The $100bn of acquisitions pushed it close to bankruptcy, and Mr Messier, who now heads Messier and Partners, a mergers advisory firm based in New York, left the company in 2002.

Vivendi bought Seagram, the drinks and media group, in 2000 in a deal that made the Bronfman family the French company’s largest shareholder. Mr Bronfman, now head of Warner Music, was vice-chairman of Vivendi until his resignation in 2003.

Says the Times:

“Judge Jean-Marie d’Huy, the investigating magistrate, has accused Mr Messier of divulging ‘false or misleading information’ in 2001 as he sought to bolster the balance sheet in the wake of huge expansion.

“Mr Bronfman, the head of the American distilling dynasty and deputy chief executive at the time, is accused of insider dealing through the sale of stock options in 2002 ‘whilst being aware of facts not communicated to the public’.”

Among other things Bronfman, who recently moved to London, has been trying to persuade US schools to adopt Choruss, a “bait-and-switch” music  ‘licensing’ scheme.

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Shannon D. Jackson (right), 36, “used the ‘poke’ option on Facebook to contact another Hendersonville woman she had been ordered to stay away from,” says the Tennessean, going on:

“That violated the terms of an order of protection which stipulates “no telephoning, contacting or otherwise communicating with the petitioner,” according to police.

Poking is a Fa$ebook thingy that does nothing other than tell someone they’ve been “poked” by someone else, my daughter Emma, who tipped me about this, says.

And that’s it.

“Hendersonville police have made copies of the page in which the woman is shown to be ‘poked’,” says the story, adding:

“Violating an order of protection is a misdemeanor that can be punished with up to 11 months, 29 days in jail and a fine of up to $2,500.”

Jackson, currently residing in jail, is scheduled to appear in Sumner County General Sessions Court in Gallatin on October 28.

So was she poked? Or was she shafted?

JN

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Tennessean - Facebook ‘poke’ leads to Hendersonville woman’s arrest, October 10, 2009

He’s to apppear before an Ottawa court on November 4.

“I have cried and I have silently screamed, and perhaps that was my prayer to God,” says archbishop Anthony Mancini (right), named Antigonish apostolic administrator after Lahey’s resignation.

“Why Lord?” – he asks in a pastoral letter published today on the diocese web page.

Lahey said he hoped “to never again have to deal with such reprehensible behaviour” after a $15-million settlement to people who, when they were children, were sexually abused by priests.

He’s now free on bail of $9,000 after he surrendered to  police in Ottawa who charged him with  importing and possessing child pornography.

But his name has come up in other pornography allegations.

Newfoundland police have re­opened their files into the Mount Cashel orphanage scandal, says the Chronicle Herald.

Shane Earle, “abused as a boy by some of the Christian Brothers who ran the orphanage,” told the Royal Newfound­land Constabulary that, “Bishop Lahey showed him pornographic images in the 1980s,” says the story.

Now, “In the past days, I have been asked over and over again: What do you say to the parishioners, to the priests, the young people and to the faithful communities that make up our Church in Nova Scotia?” -  Mancini writes, going on

What will you say to the victims of sexual abuse, as we all struggle in the aftermath of unbelievable revelations and allegations of even more unacceptable shocking and possible criminal sexual behaviour?

What I want to say is: Enough is enough! How much more can all of us take? Like you, my heart is broken, my mind is confused, my body hurts and I have moved in and out of a variety of feelings especially shame and frustration, fear and disappointment, along with a sense of vulnerability, and a tremendous poverty of spirit.

Towards the end of his letter, “If our church is to get beyond our present difficulties, if we hope to have any significant future, we must learn the lessons which these last years of struggle point to.,” he says.

“One of these lessons is for all of us to have a better understanding of what constitutes a human person.”

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Lahey said – Bishop Lahey and ‘the mystery of faith’,  October 2, 2009
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Chronicle Herald – Mount Cashel files reopened, October 3, 2009

Superimposed over it is a head-and- shoulders of disgraced Nova Scotia Roman Catholic bishop Raymond Lahey, who said he hoped “to never again have to deal with such reprehensible behaviour” after a $15-million settlement to people who, when they were children, were sexually abused by priests.

Lahey, who was in charge of the out-of-court deal, is now free on bail of $9,000 after he surrendered to  police in Ottawa who charged him with  importing and possessing child pornography.

But this isn’t the first time his name has come up during pornography allegations.

Under the Mount Cashel photo is »»»

• NEWFOUNDLAND’S HOUSE OF HORRORS
  
• Run by the Irish Christian Brothers
  
• The Christian Brothers of Ireland – Canada
  
• Christian brothers Institute, Inc. -New York, USA
  
• Aka the Congregation of Christian Brothers

Sub-heads include »»»

• Institutional child abuse in Canada
  
• More Irish Christian Brothers abuses world
  
• Corrections Dept Comedy of Errors
  
• Roman Catholic clergy crimes
  
• Pope’s hypocrisy_cbc.ca
  
• Some survivors who didn’t survive court’s delays

But none of the links work.

Says a 1989 CBC archives post »»»

Canada’s most infamous orphanage is closing its doors. For almost a century, the Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John’s, N.L. was a symbol of Christian charity. But by 1989, it has become synonymous with the terrible physical and sexual abuse inflicted on its residents by members of the Christian Brothers. In the wake of that scandal, the decision is made to finally close the site.

Now Newfoundland police have re­opened their files into the orphanage, says the Chronicle Herald, quoting the CBC.

Shane Earle, “abused as a boy by some of the Christian Brothers who ran the orphanage,” told the Royal Newfound­land Constabulary that, “Bishop Lahey showed him pornographic images in the 1980s,” says the story, continuing »»»

In 1989, a Canadian Press re­port from the Hughes Inquiry in­to the sexual abuse of boys at the Mount Cashel orphanage men­tioned an incident involving Bishop Lahey. Shane Earle testi­fied he became violently de­pressed and tried to commit sui­cide after seeing something in the bishop’s home that deeply dis­turbed him. Mr. Earle began to speak about what he had seen when an inquiry lawyer, Clayton Powell, told him not to, according to the report.

When reached by telephone Friday, Mr. Powell said he could not remember that piece of testi­mony.

“I don’t recall (Bishop Lahey’s) name coming up at all,” he said from his London, Ont., home. “It’s a fair question, but to tell you the truth thinking about (what came out during) the inquiry, I just get depressed. It happened 25 years ago, and I’m sorry, but I just don’t recall.”

A spokeswoman for the Arch­diocese of Halifax said there are no plans to investigate the Earle brothers’ allegations against Bishop Lahey.

“If there’s any investigation that needs to be done it would need to be directed and addressed by the dioceses in the place where this is alleged to have happened,” Marilyn Sweet said. “Not by a church in the province of Nova Scotia.”

Lahey was returning to Canada on September 15, “when he was detained at Ottawa International Airport,” says the CBC, adding:

“Canada Border Services agents checked his laptop and found ‘images of concern,’ Ottawa police said in a release.

“Lahey was allowed to leave, but his computer and other media devices were seized. Police said a forensic examination revealed the child pornography.”

Royal Newfoundland Constabulary constable Paul Davis said yesterday investigators, “became aware of Earle’s allegation on Thursday ‘and we immediately began a review to determine if the information is accurate’,” says the Toronto Star. “Davis said police are reviewing records of interviews with Mount Cashel ‘victims and offenders,’ including Billy and Shane Earle.”

Lahey is scheduled to appear in court on November 4.

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Raymond Lahey – Bishop Lahey and ‘the mystery of faith’,  October 2, 2009
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CBC – Disgraced bishop unwelcome in N.B. town, October 2, 2009
Toronto Star – Police probe 20-year-old porn accusation against bishop, October 3, 2009

Now he’s turned himself into Ottawa police after being charged with  importing and possessing child pornography.

Kiddie porn images were found on his laptop during a random search when he was returning from a trip abroad.

Archbishop Anthony Mancini of Halifax, “appealed to past victims of abuse and parishioners,” says the Toronto Star,  quoting him as stating:

“We are going through a very painful, contemporary experience of the mystery of faith.

“I call on you to be hopeful because we do believe in new life and in new possibilities.”

In a letter of resignation submitted after the porn was found, “I have already left the Diocese to take some much-needed time for personal renewal,” he said.

Lahey, 69, was the bishop of Antigonish in Nova Scotia until his exposure.

He’s to appear in court on November 4.

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importing and possessing – Bishop Raymond Lahey flees after porn charges, October 1, 2009
Toronto Star – Bishop surrenders in child-porn case, October 2, 2009

Lahey, 69, who “stepped down abruptly on Saturday as the bishop of Antigonish in Nova Scotia, was charged Friday with one count of possession and one count of importation of child pornography,” said the Cape Breton Post, going on:

“An arrest warrant has been issued for Lahey, whose whereabouts were unknown to both police and to his colleagues and fellow clergy in Nova Scotia, on Wednesday.”

But Ottawa police two-day say there are “developments”.

“Mr. Lahey is not in custody yet,” the Canwest News Service has detective Dan Melchiorre, lead investigator on the case and a member of the Ottawa Police High Tech Crimes Unit, saying, going on, “We anticipate we’ll have an answer (on Lahey’s custody) some time either later this morning or early this afternoon.”

The charges stem from a routine search of his laptop at the Ottawa airport on September 15 when he was returning from a trip abroad.

Says Lahey’s resignation letter, published in the Cape Breton Post »»»

My dear priests, deacons, religious and parishioners,

I want to let you know that after much thought and careful consideration, I decided to submit to the Holy Father my resignation as Bishop for personal reasons.  I have now received word that the Holy Father has accepted my resignation and has made a formal announcement in Rome this weekend.

I recognize that my resignation takes place at a time when the Diocese is facing a variety of demanding challenges.  While I will no longer be with you on this journey, I am confident that your faith and compassion will continue to sustain you as they have always done.

The Holy Father has appointed the Archbishop of Halifax, Anthony Mancini, as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese.  I am sure that he and all those who faithfully serve you in diocesan leadership as well as in you parishes – priests, deacons, religious and laity alike – will have your cooperation.

To so many of you I would want to say a personal word of farewell and thanks.  However, I have already left the Diocese to take some much-needed time for personal renewal.  I simply ask for your prayers, as I assure you of my continued prayers for all of you.

Yours sincerely in the Lord …

Stay tuned

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Cape Breton Post – Catholic bishop to step down in Antigonish, N.S., September 27, 2009
Canwest News Service – Police expect break in search for fugitive bishop, October 1, 2009
Cape Breton Post – Resignation letter from Bishop Lahey, September 27, 2009

“The case, subject to lengthy delays, could have major ramifications for content providers around the globe,” says the BBC.

Standing trial are David Carl Drummond, head of Google Italy’s managing board; George De Los Reyes, a board member; Peter Fleitcher, in charge of privacy protection in Europe; and Arvind Desikan, who worked in marketing for Google Video.

Testimony from engineer Jeremy Doig sought to show “Google had not committed any crime”, the story has a Google lawyer saying.

The video showed four teenagers bullying a Turin boy with Down’s Syndrome in a classroom.

Prosecutors say Google didn’t have adequate content filters, or enough staff to monitor videos, says  the story, adding:

“They also argue that Google broke Italian privacy law by not preventing the the content from being uploaded without the consent of all parties involved.

“The video remained online for several months before Google received complaints and removed it.”

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BBC – Google bosses on trial in Italy, September 30, 2009

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Instead, he’s been moved to a different department, says the Montreal Gazette.

“Mario Lambert, 42, was arrested Monday after an investigation by the Montreal police force’s internal affairs department discovered that the veteran cop had allegedly gleaned information from the police computer that contains a vast array of information on citizens, such as licence plate numbers, home addresses, police reports and criminal records,” it says.

“It’s unclear how the charges will affect the current cases in which Lambert is involved.”

Lambert testified at the preliminary hearing of Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau, allegedly linked to the Hells Angels and accused of carrying out a double murder outside a bar on the Main in 2006, says the story, adding:

“The alleged [computer] offences occurred between Dec. 16, 2008 and March 23, 2009; May 6, 2009 and June 9, 2009. The charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.”

(Cheers, Marc)

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Montreal Gazette – Cop accused of leaking info, September 23, 2009

Then there’s dumb like breaking into someone’s house, going online and leaving details of your visit.

Or as the CBC puts it, “There’s harmless Facebook addiction, then there’s stupid Facebook addiction.”

Jonathan Parker, 19, of Fort Loudoun, Pennsylvania, was caught because while he was burgling someone’s home, “he stopped to check his Facebook account, and forgot to log out,”  says the story, going on:

“The victim, a woman in Martinsburg, Pa., told police that she returned home to find signs that her home had been burglarized, and that two diamond rings worth a total of $3,500 U.S. were missing. The figurative smoking gun was found when they turned on the computer, only to find the burglar still logged on.”

The incident is the latest in a long list of dumb Facebook gaffs, says the story, adding, “who can ever forget the Bell Canada PR person referring to journalists as ‘lemmings’ in his status update.”

That was Bell Canada ‘Media Relations’  guy Jason Laszlo who on Facebook bragged about his ability to snow journalists with his network management bafflegab,  calling them ‘lemmings’.

That’s Laszlo on the right wearing the parrot.

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spilling coffee – A small drop of coffee …, September 21, 2009
CBC – Stupid criminal… is breaking into a house, September 18, 2009
wearing the parrot – Bell Canada and the Lemming tale, May 15, 2008

“According to the country’s National Anti-Pornography and Anti-Illegal Publications Office, some 100,000 stalls selling illegal publications were removed and 182 printing companies involved were closed down,” says state news agency Xinhua.

The news came with the launch of a, “fresh campaign to crack down on illegal publications started ahead of the National Day celebrations,” says the story.

“Those pirated teaching materials especially harm the healthy development of the country’s youth,” story has Li Baozhong, vice director of the Anti-Illegal Publications Office, stating.

Of some 39.3 million illegal publications confiscated in the first seven months of this year, about 90% were pirated, says Xinhua, adding:

“The focal points of the inspection were audio-video piracy, illegal admission of minors to Internet cafes and books and magazines with ‘lewd’ content.”

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Xinhua – China seizes 4 mln illegal teaching materials, September 14, 2009

They were reportedly made to sign a contract that banned them from any outside contact and ordered them to pay a 50,000 Lira ($33,000, £20,000) fine if they left the show before two months, says the BBC, going on:

“Police stormed the building in Riva, reportedly after family members became concerned they were being prevented from contacting the women.

“According to local media, naked images of the women were sold on the internet.”

They were rescued by Turkish military police after two months confinement, says Reuters, quoting a police spokesman as saying, “Cameras in the villa filmed the women 24-hours a day, providing a live stream of images for Internet users who had paid to access the footage.”

HaberTurk newspaper, “says four people who lived at the villa with the women were detained,” says the BBC, adding:

“Police are still searching for the gang’s leader who sold images of the women on the internet, the newspaper adds.”

(Cheers, catflap)

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BBC – Women rescued from Turkey TV scam, September 10, 2009
Reuters – Police free 9 from fake Turkish “Big Brother” house, September 10, 2009

It was using his videos, music and pix even though their contract had expired in 2008, he said.

So he filed an official complaint

Upshot?

Federal police, acting on a court order, raided Sony Music’s offices in Mexico City, seizing albums, master recordings and cover art, says The Guardian.

Fernández was signed to Sony Music from 1998 to 2008, “but left last year for Universal,” says the story, continuing Sony nonetheless went ahead and released Diferente, an album of new material.

“Sony assumed that they could take tracks that weren’t part of previous albums and release them as an eighth album, as if it were new material, over which they had rights,” his lawyer, Jose Luis Caballero, is quoted as saying.

“Caballero said that they had issued a cease and desist letter two weeks ago and after this was ignored, sought a search and seizure order,” says The Guardian.

Seized were 6,397 Fernández CDs, masters of unreleased music, and art for Diferente.

Sony Music is quoted as saying it was “surprised and disappointed”.

Stay tuned.

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The Guardian – Sony Mexico raided for ‘unauthorised’ Alejandro Fernández material, September 7, 2009

He faked iPod serial numbers to get replacements under Apple’s warranty program.

Then he resold them online.

Says a Western District of Michigan DAWestern District of MichiganAWestern District of Michigan DA press statement »»»

Through trial and error, Woodhams was able to guess the serial numbers of iPods still under warranty. He then repeatedly entered these serial numbers into Apple’s web-based warranty return program, pretending each time to be a customer with a broken iPod. Between March 2006 and October 2007, Woodhams caused Apple to ship more than 9,000 replacement units to a post office box through this deception. Woodhams then advertised and sold the units through a website for $49 apiece, a fraction of their retail value.

In addition to this mail fraud scheme, Woodhams violated federal money laundering laws by wiring $200,000 of his criminally-derived proceeds from a financial institution in Michigan to a brokerage account in Missouri.

Lessee, 9,000 at $49 per (takes off socks to aid calculation) …

Anyhow, Woodhams was this week sentenced to jail for 13 months, and ordered to pay restitution, says Ars Technica, adding:

“In addition to all of the above, Woodhams was also forced to forfeit about $750,000 worth of ill-gotten gains, including a house in Michigan, an Audi S4, an Ariel Atom 2, a Honda motorcycle, and more than half a million dollars in cold, hard cash. For those keeping track, that’s a grand total of about $1,406,634.85 (or so).”

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Ars Technica -  iPod repair scammer hit with restitution, jail time, August 26, 2009

He was charged with 65 offences including aggravated child exploitation through sexual posing, child rape, and sexual coercion, says The Local.

He was also ordered to pay a total of 1 million kronor ($140,400) in compensation to the girls, says the story, adding:

“The case came to light after the man was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl from the Stockholm area who he had known previously, rather than through an encounter on the internet.

“A girl from western Sweden contacted police shortly thereafter to report that a man had contacted her on the internet and forced her to perform sex acts in front of a webcam and threatening to kill her if she did not comply.

“Police were then able to trace the man’s IP-address and discover that the accused rapist and the webcam offender were the same man.”

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The Local – Webcam paedophile sentenced to eight years, August 27, 2009

“He was arrested in June 2009 over alleged threats to politicians, and is currently jailed without bail. Prior to Turner’s arrest his program, The Hal Turner Show, was a webcast from his home once a week, and it depended on listener donations.”

But the talk show host and blogger, “was an FBI trained agent provocateur, says Infowars, quoting Turner’s lawyer.

“The supposed white supremacist worked for the agency from 2002 until 2007,” says the story.

He was, “trained by the FBI on how to be deliberately provocative,” the Associated Press has his lawyer saying.

Turner worked for the FBI from 2002 to 2007 as an “agent provocateur” and was taught by the agency, “what he could say that wouldn’t be crossing the line,” defense attorney Michael Orozco said, according to the story, which quotes him as stating:

“His job was basically to publish information which would cause other parties to act in a manner which would lead to their arrest.”

Earlier you know year Turner told his blog readers to “take up arms” against Connecticut lawmakers, says Infowars, going on:

“He also said government officials should ‘obey the Constitution or die.’ In June he wrote that the Illinois federal appeals judges ‘deserve to be killed’ because they issued a ruling that upheld ordinances in Chicago and suburban Oak Park banning handguns.”

He included photos of the judges and the room numbers of their chambers at the courthouse, says the story.

Prosecutors acknowledged Turner, “was an informant who spied on radical right-wing organizations, but the defense has said Turner was not working for the FBI when he allegedly made threats against Connecticut legislators and wrote that three federal judges in Illinoise deserved to die,” says AP.

He’s slated for trial on the federal charges on October 5, says the Hartford Courant, adding:

“His next court date in Hartford is set for October 19.”

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Infowars – Hal Turner a Trained FBI Agent Provocateur, August 18, 2009
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Hartford Courant – Lawyer: FBI Trained Hal Turner As An “Agent Provocateur”, August 18, 2009