Identity thief going to jail
August 30, 2009
An accused computer hacker charged in what prosecutors call the largest identity fraud case in United States history has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity-theft charges.
Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors filed in Boston on Friday, Albert Gonzalez would serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years after pleading guilty to a 19-count indictment. He would also forfeit some US$2.8 million in cash, a Miami condo, a car and expensive jewellery.
Gonzalez, 28, is charged with swiping credit and debit-card numbers of more than 170 million accounts.
Gonzalez was arrested in Miami in 2008. He had once been an informant for the US Secret Service.
Apple, Unicom reach deal on iPhone
China Unicom Limited said Friday it will sell Apple Inc's iPhone in China this year, ending months of rumour about when the hit phone would make its long-delayed debut in the world's most populous mobile market.
The phones are expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter under a multi-year deal struck between the two companies, Unicom executives said in Hong Kong. They declined to give financial details or reveal how much the iPhone would cost, saying only that the price would be "competitive."
Unicom, one of three major state-owned carriers, would be the first Chinese phone company to formally support the iPhone, though thousands of unlocked iPhones brought in from other markets are in use in China. It is the only company in China that supports the network standard needed for the iPhone, known as WCDMA.
China's mobile market trails the United States, Japan and some others in financial size, but it has 650 million mobile phone accounts and is seen as a major prize for foreign firms....
Author: Gleaner Reporter
Source: Jamaica Gleaner
