$37.5 Million Scammer Sentenced - GoFuckYourself.com

TMM_John · 05-10-2004, 07:52 PM

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.

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

Sorry if it's a dupe but I didn't see it posted and CNN just put it up 20 mins ago.

05-10-2004, 07:54 PM

WOW! now THAT is an affiliate!

herbal logic · 05-10-2004, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by PBucksJohn
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.

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

Sorry if it's a dupe but I didn't see it posted and CNN just put it up 20 mins ago.

$40mil and he got caught... Id like to meat his financial planner

reynold · 05-10-2004, 08:02 PM

That was an awesome move! Too bad he got caught!

Vitasoy · 05-10-2004, 08:03 PM

That's a whoa whack of CC #s.

Axeman · 05-10-2004, 08:04 PM

Should have stopped earlier and fled to Switzerland and relaxed

Babel · 05-10-2004, 08:05 PM

you kinda get scrutinized at those levels

James White · 05-10-2004, 08:08 PM

damn. thats a lot of CC's

Maximillion · 05-10-2004, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reynold
That was an awesome move! Too bad he got caught!

heh, if he didn't get caught we wouldn't of heard about him

SS396chevelleSS · 05-10-2004, 08:10 PM

ok, head count... who is missing from the board?

detoxed · 05-10-2004, 08:13 PM

his only mistake was staying around for sentencing

TMM_John · 05-10-2004, 08:18 PM

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Originally posted by SS396chevelleSS
ok, head count... who is missing from the board?

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. lil2rich4u hasn't been around in a while!

scamdotcom · 05-10-2004, 08:23 PM

No wonder why visa is so pissed. That's alot at $30-$40 a join.

JulianSosa · 05-10-2004, 08:43 PM

Dam thats a shot load of work typing in all those Credit Card numbers

Worse than submitting galleries
lol

Lane · 05-10-2004, 08:49 PM

whoa, thats gonna save lots of chargebacks

Furious_Male · 05-10-2004, 08:56 PM

It was his own company at 19.95 a pop. But still.. did he think no one would notice. 900k CCs. Wow

Rich · 05-10-2004, 09:01 PM

"He bought the credit card information from a Southern California bank for $5,000."

It doesn't even mention what fucking bank, WTF? Of course there are scumbags out there who will abuse 900k cc's if they can get them, I think they should focus a little more attention on how he got them.

05-10-2004, 07:52 PM	#1
TMM_John Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 6,660	$37.5 Million Scammer Sentenced 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. http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/10/po....ap/index.html Sorry if it's a dupe but I didn't see it posted and CNN just put it up 20 mins ago. __________________ Skype: JohnA1078 Too Much Media - Makers of the Industry's Leading Payite Management Platform, NATS!

05-10-2004, 08:03 PM	#5
Vitasoy GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 58,202	That's a whoa whack of CC #s. __________________ [email protected]

05-10-2004, 08:04 PM	#6
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Babel Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,457	you kinda get scrutinized at those levels __________________

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05-10-2004, 07:54 PM	#2
buddyjuf Guest Posts: n/a	WOW! now THAT is an affiliate!

05-10-2004, 08:02 PM	#4
reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	That was an awesome move! Too bad he got caught!

05-10-2004, 08:10 PM	#10
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05-10-2004, 08:13 PM	#11
detoxed vip member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 17,798	his only mistake was staying around for sentencing

05-10-2004, 08:23 PM	#13
scamdotcom Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 138	No wonder why visa is so pissed. That's alot at $30-$40 a join. __________________ Report Scams Here - scam.com

05-10-2004, 08:43 PM	#14
JulianSosa Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,042	Dam thats a shot load of work typing in all those Credit Card numbers Worse than submitting galleries lol

05-10-2004, 08:49 PM	#15
Lane Will code for food... Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Buckeye, AZ Posts: 8,496	whoa, thats gonna save lots of chargebacks __________________

05-10-2004, 08:56 PM	#16
Furious_Male Doing the grind since 99 Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Buffalo NY Posts: 16,881	It was his own company at 19.95 a pop. But still.. did he think no one would notice. 900k CCs. Wow __________________ Living in Virtual Reality Contact: Email (preferred): furiousmale .at. gmail - Skype: live:shanedws

05-10-2004, 09:01 PM	#17
Rich So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,486	"He bought the credit card information from a Southern California bank for $5,000." It doesn't even mention what fucking bank, WTF? Of course there are scumbags out there who will abuse 900k cc's if they can get them, I think they should focus a little more attention on how he got them.