Hacker pleads guilty to ID thefts netting millions
A 28-year-old Miami man who made millions breaking into computer networks and pirating credit card numbers pleaded guilty on Friday and agreed to be stripped more than $2.7 million in restitution, as well as a condo, jewelry, and a car.
Albert Gonzalez, a former federal oversight informant and the alleged ringleader of one of the largest known singularity theft cases in U.S. history , pleaded guilty (as expected) to 19 counts of dirty work, computer fraud, wire fraud, access device trickery, and aggravated identity theft related to theft of upon and debit card data from TJX Companies (owner of T.J. Maxx), BJ's Wholesale Alliance, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Sports Sage, among other retailers.
Gonzalez, along with 10 others from the U.S., Eastern Europe, and China, were accused in August 2008 of breaking into retail honour card payment systems using wardriving (searching for unsecured wireless networks while driving by with a laptop), and installing sniffer programs to catching data.
He also pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to perform wire fraud related to hacks into the network of the Dave & Buster's restaurant combination. He was indicted on that charge in New York in May 2008.
Gonzalez still faces charges in New Jersey of conspiring to shoplift credit card numbers from Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven, and supermarket restraint Hannaford Brothers following an indictment handed down against him and two unnamed Russians last month .
Maskwa Oteh Diamonds Debuts 81 Facet Diamond Cut
Sirius Principal is the first new diamond cut released by Embee Diamond Technologies Inc.'s subsidiary Maskwa Otêh Diamonds.Embee Diamond Technologies will be break a brand new, state-of-the-art cutting and polishing atelier in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
Prince Albert, SK: The new Embee Diamond Technologies Inc. bitter and polishing atelier is opening soon in a highly good, retrofitted heritage bank building along the main avenue of Canada’s Saskatchewan prairie metropolis of Prince Albert.
Even before the atelier doors open and some of Canada’s top diamond vicious and polishing professionals take to the bench, Embee Diamond Technologies’ come out cut is now available for retailers in the diamond and fine jewellery work internationally to explore and order for discerning clientele.
Its subsidiary -- Maskwa Otêh Diamonds -- is an exhibitor at the Collections by JCK end in Vancouver, BC where the Sirius Star diamond is being unveiled for members of the diamond and cloudless jewellery trade delegates from around the world. The team will also be at the JCK Toronto, Ontario show in September.
Timed with the break of the state-of-the-art boutique diamond cutting and polishing project, President Mike Botha announces the international save of a new patented diamond cut -- Sirius Star – a return



As for compensation, Gonzalez has agreed to forfeit his Miami condo, a 2006 BMW 330i, a Tiffany diamond re-echo, Rolex watches, and more than $1 million in cash and more »





















