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EX-IBM executive Robert Moffat has been jailed for six months for his part in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case, which prosecutors call the biggest of its kind in history.
14 September 2010
One of the ringleaders of the 2008 cyber-attack on RBS WorldPay's computer network, which led to the theft of over $9.4 million, has escaped with a six year suspended sentence, according to press reports.
09 September 2010
Banknote manufacturer De La Rue has called in the Serious Fraud Office after establishing that staff "deliberately falsified" paper specification test certificates in a scandal the firm estimates will cost it at least £35 million.
08 September 2010
An American mortgage firm staffer has been arrested after allegedly getting drunk and shooting the company's computer server.
27 August 2010
Norwegian police have arrested two men accused of cracking the algorithms of US broker Timber Hill and manipulating share prices, according to local press reports.
18 August 2010
Barclays is set to pay $298 million to settle criminal charges that it violated US sanctions by facilitating payments for Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Burma, among others.
17 August 2010
A Russian accused of being one of the world's "most prolific" traffickers of stolen credit card data has been arrested in France and now faces extradition to the US.
12 August 2010
An alleged mastermind behind the 2008 cyber-attack on RBS WorldPay's computer network, which led to the theft of over $9.4 million, has been extradited from Estonia to the US.
09 August 2010
A laptop repair engineer caught trying to hack into the bank account of an undercover Sky News reporter after stealing login details from her machine, has been sentenced to nine months in jail.
06 August 2010
The Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) has arrested six people accused of phishing the details of more than 20,000 online banking and credit card accounts before using the information to steal millions of pounds.
04 August 2010
An Australian man accused of infecting over 3000 computers with malware designed to steal banking and credit card details has pleaded guilty, according to local reports.
27 July 2010
A UK member of parliament (MP) is calling for an end to anonymity for pre-paid credit cards when they are used to buy online child pornography.
21 July 2010
A computer technician has pleaded guilty to stealing the personal information of 2000 former colleagues at the Bank of New York Mellon and using it to pilfer over $1.1 million from charities, non-profit groups and other institutions.
05 July 2010
A counterclaim lawsuit brought by Investment Technology Group (ITG) against Liquidnet after the latter sued for patent infringement has been dropped.
30 June 2010
A US court has ruled a man cannot call his online English language tutoring business "eVisa" because it dilutes the trademark of card giant Visa, according to Reuters.
29 June 2010
After a year of failed attempts, the FBI has admitted defeat in its attempts to crack the encryption codes protecting hard drives belonging to a prominent Brazilian banker arrested in connection with a money laundering investigation.
28 June 2010
Spain has become the latest country to tap data stolen from HSBC's Swiss private banking arm by an IT employee to hunt down tax evaders.
25 June 2010
UK police have arrested two teenagers as part of an investigation into what is believed to be the biggest English language cybercrime forum in the world.
23 June 2010
Members of a criminal gang that stole card details by tampering with chip and PIN terminals at petrol stations throughout southern England have been jailed.
22 June 2010
Police in 12 countries have arrested 178 people accused of involvement in an international credit card cloning ring that is believed to have netted crooks around EUR20 million.
16 June 2010
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