Neowin News Feed for: Jail

Judge sends FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to jail

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 21:36:01 +0000

Sam Bankman-Fried has been sent to jail until October for tampering with a witness. His ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison is assisting the government and he has been trying to discredit her with leaks. Read more...

Nintendo hacker Bowser released from prison, will pay off fine for the rest of his life

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:04:01 +0000

Hacker Gary Bowser from the infamous Team-Xecuter Nintendo piracy group has been released early from prison. However, he will likely be paying off fines to Nintendo for the rest of his life. Read more...

UK government compromises with rebels, Online Safety Bill jail terms back on the table

Paul Hill — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:22:01 +0000

The UK government looks set to compromise with backbench rebels that wanted personal liability and jail terms added to the Online Safety Bill. Previously, the maximum penalty was a fine on revenues. Read more...

UK Online Safety Bill amendment could add jail terms for social media bosses

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 13:52:01 +0000

Conservative Party rebels are trying to add an amendment to the Online Safety Bill that would see senior managers at tech firms receive jail terms if they don't implement measures to protect kids. Read more...

Camcorder pirates in India could face up to three years in prison and $14,000 in fines

Usama Jawad — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:54:01 +0000

A proposed amendment to India's Cinematograph Act suggests that camcorder pirates in India should face up to three years in prison and pay fines up to $14,000 if they distribute copyrighted content. Read more...

Samsung's vice chairman sentenced to five years for bribery and perjury

Paul Hill — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 17:36:01 +0000

Samsung's vice chairman has been sentenced to five years in jail by a South Korean court for a slew of financial crimes. His downfall is the latest bit of bad press that the company has received. Read more...

Former Apple executive goes to jail; must pay company $4.4 million

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 09 Dec 2014 12:48:01 +0000

One of Apple's ex-employees has been found guilty of selling confidential info to Apple's suppliers who would later send some cash the employee's way. He confessed and entered a plea agreement. Read more...

Microsoft's Surface goes to jail, literally

Brad Sams — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 16:10:01 +0000

We have seen Microsoft's Surface show up in many places but jail is certainly a new one but that's the case in Dayton, Ohio where a Surface has been installed for video visitation. Read more...

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested after two years on the run

Andy Weir — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 07:34:46 +0000

Peter Sunde, co-founder of file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, has been arrested in Sweden following almost two years on the run, after being sentenced to prison for copyright violations. Read more...

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom denied bail; stays in jail

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:37:57 +0000

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was officially denied bail today and will remain in jail in New Zealand to face charges of online piracy by the US government in connection with Megaupload's shutdown. Read more...

Man jailed for putting porn on video billboard

Christopher White — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:14:15 +0000

Remember when defacing a website was the big news back in the day? Crackers would frequently put their logo or an amusing (or not so amusing) message on a site to gain "street cred" in... Read more...

The Pirate Bay found guilty, jail & $3.6 million fine

Tom Warren — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:19:25 +0000

The Pirate Bay, notorious for providing BitTorrent files of all things copyrighted and illegal have lost a trial in Sweden today. The news first surfaced from founder Peter Sunde who used Twitter to break... Read more...

British drivers could face jail for using mobile

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:16:46 +0000

In the most serious cases, British motorists caught talking on a hand-held mobile phone or sending a text while driving could be charged with dangerous driving, which carries a two-year maximum sentence and an unlimited... Read more...

US spammer gets over two years in jail

Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:40:36 +0000

A New York judge has sentenced 28-year-old Todd Moeller to a 27-month term and fined him more than $180,000 after he pleaded guilty earlier this year for his part in a spamming operation that sent... Read more...

Scammers get jail time for Microsoft software scheme

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:24:34 +0000

Husband and wife, Mirza Ali, 60, and Sameena Ali, 53, have been sentenced to five years in prison and to over $25 million in fines for their role in a Microsoft software reselling scheme run... Read more...

Hacker faces jail for Trojan horse

Steven Parker — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:54:06 +0000

A US man has pleaded guilty to charges of writing and distributing a Trojan horse designed to steal usernames and passwords. Richard C Honour, 31, faces a maximum five years in prison and a $250,000... Read more...

Dealer of Forged Microsoft Licenses goes to Jail

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:13:56 +0000

A German court has sentenced a 42-year-old Turkish software dealer to two years and 11 months in prison for distributing Microsoft Corp. products with forged licenses. The man was arrested in June 2006 by German... Read more...

Samsung Exec Gets Jail Time For Role In DRAM Price-Fixing

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:01:10 +0000

A Korean executive at Samsung Electronics has agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time in the United States in connection with a global price-fixing conspiracy, according to the government. Young Hwan Park, president of... Read more...

World's First Jail Sentence for BitTorrent Piracy

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:07:42 +0000

Hong Kong newspaper The Standard reports on what seems to be the world's first case of a BitTorrent movie pirate being sent to jail. (Others have been jailed for related crimes.) After losing his appeal... Read more...

Yahoo Accused Of Helping China Jail Journalist

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:07:09 +0000

The media watchdog group Reporters Without Borders says Yahoo gave Chinese authorities information that helped track down a journalist who wrote an e-mail about press restrictions. A French media watchdog said Tuesday... Read more...

Jail for 'Robin Hoods' who cost Microsoft millions

Mon, 09 May 2005 14:22:51 +0000

Four Britons were jailed on Friday for being part of a global gang described as "Robin Hoods" who stole expensive software from rich companies and gave it away for free over the Internet. The group,... Read more...

North Carolina Man Gets 9 Years in Jail for Spam

Thu, 04 Nov 2004 15:20:08 +0000

A North Carolina man was sentenced to nine years in prison for sending hundreds of thousands of "spam" e-mail messages, Virginia prosecutors said on Wednesday. Jeremy Jaynes, of Raleigh, North Carolina was found guilty under... Read more...

Web site spoofer pleads guilty, faces jail time

Tom Warren — Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:44:22 +0000

A Chicago man pleaded guilty on Sept. 12 to wire fraud in connection with a scheme that used a phony Web site to steal credit card and account information from customers of Microsoft Corp.'s Microsoft... Read more...

Jacko wacko over file swap jail threat

Darren Bolton — Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:03:53 +0000

'Speechless' recording artist says it's bad, dangerous and off the wall to turn fans into smooth criminals Music legend Michael Jackson has described himself as "speechless" that users of internet file sharing... Read more...

Jail sentence and fine for mod chip retailer

Marcel Klum — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:44:01 +0000

A man found guilty of selling mod chips on his website in breach of the draconian Digital Millenium Copyright Act has been sentenced to five months imprisonment and a $28,500 fine. David Rocci,... Read more...

Software pirates face ten years in jail

Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:52:35 +0000

Government backs tougher penalties for those who deal in illegally copied material, including software, as part of a counterfeiting crackdown The House of Commons has agreed to bring in significant changes to... Read more...

Man faces jail for Web sales of CDs

Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:46:19 +0000

An Austin, Texas, man could face up to $100,000 in fines and a year in jail after pleading guilty to distributing live concert recordings of actor Russell Crowe's band over the Web, U.S. attorneys said.... Read more...

How a software bug could land you 10 years in jail

Wed, 05 Sep 2001 19:27:09 +0000

Careful coding the order of the day... "It was clear from dealing with the millennium date change issue that manufacturers and suppliers, despite knowing that there was scope for problems with... Read more...