Online credit card porn fraudster jailed. - GoFuckYourself.com

Paul Markham · 05-11-2004, 01:32 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/10/po....ap/index.html

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- 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 to porn sites for $19.95 a month. In 1997 and 1998, he charged that fee to about 900,000 credit cards of people who had never used the service, prosecutors said. He bought the credit card information from a Southern California bank for $5,000.

Taves, who pleaded guilty to the fraud charges in 2001, was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison.

The sentencing delay was due to efforts to determine the full amount lost in the case and because Taves switched attorneys several times, officials said.

Taves' lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.

Crescent got off very lightly then. And what happened to the bank that sold the information, how much were they fined? Does not even tell us the name of the bank.

RicardoB · 05-11-2004, 01:43 AM

At least they appear to be able to catch scum like that.

That's something

Dawgy · 05-11-2004, 01:47 AM

James White · 05-11-2004, 01:49 AM

about the 4th time ive seen this today alone.

Paul Markham · 05-11-2004, 02:01 AM

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Originally posted by James White
about the 4th time ive seen this today alone.

well it's the first time I saw it, so posted it up for those who do not spend every waking hour on GFY.

beemk · 05-11-2004, 02:12 AM

ive never seen this before.... did he think he would get away with a 90% chargeback ratio?

born4porn · 05-11-2004, 02:14 AM

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Originally posted by RicardoB
At least they appear to be able to catch scum like that.

That's something

it's a good start!

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