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Recently I have spoken with Iron Man, and he says "I gave the board to some
guy cause I was sick of running it." Well, he is lying as you will see in the
following transcript:
ME: So, gave it away. To who?
IM: I really don't know him that well. I can give you his first name.
ME: No, that is okay. How old is he?
IM: I don't know. We only talked once and I sent him the software.
ME: Is his name XXXXX, XXXXX (TC's real name)?
IM: I really don't know.
ME: So why did you give the board to someone you don't know?
IM: That was the only chance of keeping it up.
Now, IM do you know him or not? Do you just go throwing the board around? I
thought you said you knew his first name?
^*^ How the heck could he send him the software and not know his name?
(Yeah, I suppose he AE'd a 30 sub system. I can see it now, "To whom
these disks concern."
^*^ Didn't IM seem to know much too little about The Caretaker? I could
understand him not having the guy's last name or address, but not even
knowing his age or where he lives..?
Here are some other things to think about. There is an entire subboard
dedicated to law enforcement and the local police even have an account on the
system under the name CRIMESTOPPERS. I wonder what they would have to say
about codes on the bulletin board. Keep in mind that Metalland South has no
affiliation with Metallibashers, Inc. or Metal Communications, Inc.
Please do not harass the board or its sysop(s), for it serves no purpose. Now
understand that this article is not definitely stating that this board is
directly connected to any law enforcement agency, you can decide this for
yourself.
Article Written By >UNKNOWN USER<
(An Anonymous Phrack Field Reporter)
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Editorial Comments...
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I just wanted to make a few comments about the above article. >UNKNOWN USER<
is the official handle that shall be used by anyone supplying an article, but
wishes for his name not to be mentioned. Its symbolic of the "anonymous user"
function on Metal Shop Private, but it has no direct connection.
We, the editors of Phrack, do not necessarily agree with any of the above
statements and we do encourage those with opposite viewpoints to voice them.
PWN can be used as the forum for those viewpoints, in which I shall voice no
opinion. One more thing, for the record, I did edit the article (with the
author's consent) and will continue to do so to ensure that the original
author's style will not revel their identity.
:Knight Lightning
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Toll Fraud Trial Sets New Tone June 5, 1987
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>From Network World
by Josh Gonze (Staff Writer)
"May be first jury finding for abuse"
Dallas - The recent jury conviction of a Texas man for the theft and sale of
long-distance access codes may make it easier for long-haul carriers to stem
the tide of toll fraud, which costs the industry an estimated 500 million
dollars a year.
On May 11, 1987, a U.S. District Court jury here [in Dallas] found Dallas
resident Jack Brewer guilty on two counts each of trafficking and possession
of telephone access codes stolen from Texas National Telecommunications Inc.
(TNT), a Texas long-distance carrier. Brewer was charged under a section of
the federal COMPREHENSIVE CRIME CONTROL ACT of 1984.
Sources close to the case said Brewer may be the first person to be convicted
by a jury for toll fraud in the United States. The case is also seen as
important because it indicates growing recognition of toll fraud as a serious
crime.
Brewer was selling the stolen codes, which telephone callers use to access
long-distance circuits of carriers other than AT&T and which those carriers
use for billing, says Terry K. Ray, the Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted
Brewer. TNT officials said use of the stolen codes cost the company $30,000.
Ray said he met with representatives of MCI Communications Corp. last week to
discuss the investigative techniques used to apprehend Brewer and legal
methods used to win the conviction. Brewer will be sentenced by a judge on
June 4 [Yeah the story is a little old, so what], and faces a maximum sentence
of 50 years imprisonment and a $1 million fine.
Toll fraud places a heavy financial burden on MCI and other carriers. Neither
MCI or AT&T would divulge what toll fraud costs them, but U.S. Sprint
Communications Co. said fraudulent use of access codes lowered its
first-quarter 1987 revenue by $19 million.
Brewer was apprehended through a sting operation conducted with the help of
TNT, Southwestern Bell Corp., and the U.S. Secret Service. Southwestern Bell
monitored Brewer's private telephone as he dialed numbers sequentially in a
trial-and-error attempt to obtain active access numbers. The Regional Bell
Holding Company kept a list of the working access codes obtained by Brewer.
Secret Service agents then contacted Brewer, posing as buyers of access