x********u
发帖数: 3321 | 1 http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/29/compu
ter-game-counterfeiter-sentenced.html?sid=101
New monitoring software at Nationwide Insurance spelled the beginning of
the end for an employee who had been counterfeiting and selling computer
games for five years.
The software alerted Nationwide officials to a spreadsheet that Qiang
"Michael" Bi had sent from his personal e-mail account to his Nationwide
e-mail account. The spreadsheet listed eBay accounts, credit-card
numbers and false identity information that Bi used in a lucrative
counterfeiting scheme.
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley sentenced the 36-year-
old Bi to 2 1/2 years in prison. Bi had pleaded guilty earlier this year
to charges of mail fraud, copyright infringement and aggravated identity
theft.
The sentence includes two years of probation, one year of which is to be
home confinement; 416 hours of community service; and a yet-to-be
determined restitution amount. Bi also forfeited $367,669 in cash,
representing the proceeds of the crimes, as well as his house, a 2006
Lexus SUV and computer and electronic equipment.
"I believe at your core you are a good person," Marbley told Bi. "You
made a gross error in judgment ... and it seemed all motivated by
greed."
Agents with the FBI Cybercrime Task Force and the U.S. Postal Inspection
Service found that Bi had sold more than 35,000 computer games with a
retail value of $700,000.
The spreadsheet listed more than 50 eBay and PayPal accounts, all with
different names. Bi told investigators he used other people's
information on the accounts because eBay and PayPal had suspended his
accounts and do not allow a new account with the same name and address
as a suspended account.
Investigators found that Bi had sold the games from 2005 through
December 2009 for $10 rather than the $20 retail price for an original
new game. He also had allowed customers to download games purchased over
the Internet, using a server he leased under the name TML Direct.
Bi, of Powell, promised in court to "be a better person" and "never
commit another crime."
Court records show that he was born in China, came to the United States
in 1999 and became a citizen in 2008. |
b*****o
发帖数: 3499 | 2 强逼？
【在 x********u 的大作中提到】
: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/29/compu
: ter-game-counterfeiter-sentenced.html?sid=101
: New monitoring software at Nationwide Insurance spelled the beginning of
: the end for an employee who had been counterfeiting and selling computer
: games for five years.
: The software alerted Nationwide officials to a spreadsheet that Qiang
: "Michael" Bi had sent from his personal e-mail account to his Nationwide
: e-mail account. The spreadsheet listed eBay accounts, credit-card
: numbers and false identity information that Bi used in a lucrative
: counterfeiting scheme.
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x********u
发帖数: 3321 | 3
【在 x********u 的大作中提到】
: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/29/compu
: ter-game-counterfeiter-sentenced.html?sid=101
: New monitoring software at Nationwide Insurance spelled the beginning of
: the end for an employee who had been counterfeiting and selling computer
: games for five years.
: The software alerted Nationwide officials to a spreadsheet that Qiang
: "Michael" Bi had sent from his personal e-mail account to his Nationwide
: e-mail account. The spreadsheet listed eBay accounts, credit-card
: numbers and false identity information that Bi used in a lucrative
: counterfeiting scheme.
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z********0
发帖数: 1835 | 4 前两天谁谁谁还要用小护士的ebay 帐户来着的... |
S*********g
发帖数: 5298 | 5 把这么重要的东西发到公司信箱。。。。。。
【在 x********u 的大作中提到】
: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/29/compu
: ter-game-counterfeiter-sentenced.html?sid=101
: New monitoring software at Nationwide Insurance spelled the beginning of
: the end for an employee who had been counterfeiting and selling computer
: games for five years.
: The software alerted Nationwide officials to a spreadsheet that Qiang
: "Michael" Bi had sent from his personal e-mail account to his Nationwide
: e-mail account. The spreadsheet listed eBay accounts, credit-card
: numbers and false identity information that Bi used in a lucrative
: counterfeiting scheme.
|
a*******w
发帖数: 3805 | |
d*******o
发帖数: 5897 | 7 看回复
Wouldn't surprise me one bit to learn that Nationwide has a bunch of H1-B
loafers on payroll who are scamming a salary while doing crimes on company
time. gotta love it when a company decides to screw over its fellow citizens
by REFUSING to hire them only to find out it has sponsored the importation
of criminals who in return scam them. The progressive filth has a business
model suggestion for these companies: Fire citizens, refuse to rehire them,
and then import a criminal racketeering class. |
h**G
发帖数: 9825 | 8 有人上当没?
就跟忽悠护士买amazon kindle一样.
出事了,神医出来说,我啥也不知道,我也是受害者.
哈哈
【在 z********0 的大作中提到】
: 前两天谁谁谁还要用小护士的ebay 帐户来着的...
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W****t
发帖数: 8270 | 9 神医一会出来砍你，集体block你，明年报tax，都算你供货
LOL
【在 h**G 的大作中提到】
: 有人上当没?
: 就跟忽悠护士买amazon kindle一样.
: 出事了,神医出来说,我啥也不知道,我也是受害者.
: 哈哈
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h**G
发帖数: 9825 | 10 kao
我好怕
【在 W****t 的大作中提到】
: 神医一会出来砍你，集体block你，明年报tax，都算你供货
: LOL
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a******e
发帖数: 36306 | 11 为啥把这个发到公司信箱。。。。
【在 x********u 的大作中提到】
: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/29/compu
: ter-game-counterfeiter-sentenced.html?sid=101
: New monitoring software at Nationwide Insurance spelled the beginning of
: the end for an employee who had been counterfeiting and selling computer
: games for five years.
: The software alerted Nationwide officials to a spreadsheet that Qiang
: "Michael" Bi had sent from his personal e-mail account to his Nationwide
: e-mail account. The spreadsheet listed eBay accounts, credit-card
: numbers and false identity information that Bi used in a lucrative
: counterfeiting scheme.
|
d*********r
发帖数: 11979 | 12 I love this type of crime. This guy is smart. Not some street thug. He had
to think and work for his crime. He will be popular in prison teaching
others how to do it and get away with it next time. |
d*********r
发帖数: 11979 | 13 fight the system, Bi was a hero
haha |
x********u
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t*****e
发帖数: 3276 | 15 Keyword: counterfeiting |
