August 2001 - Tameside Manchester uk
A group of local hackers and computer geeks from Tameside. Greater Manchester escaped imprisionment for a long list of goverment offenses, and bank fraud. None of them was charged for any offense related to this story. Names will not be given apart from one persons alias who was marked as the ring leader. Kid Millionaire
Kid Millionaire 17, and his followers marked the new generation of entrepreneurs. Unlike most other Intelligent teenagers Kidmillionaire worn Nike Air Sneakers, a Rolex Submariner Watch and a Kilo of gold around his neck.
They ran there Internet scams in Internet Cafes and at there local College using their computer networks. The kids would buy things like laptops, cameras, T.V's using stolen credit cards and alias. They also Won many big prize competitions simply by designing and programming bots to submit and do the work for them, again using thousands of stolen alias. The equipment was then sold on the black market. The kids even had the goods exported via FedEx or DHL to safe houses in Ireland. Where they was received by contacts, before being shipped across Europe to be sold.
Using Greater Manchester Internet Cafes Kid Millionaire developed a main office where he spent several hours aday there huddled other about 20 computers working his employees extracting email addresses and credit card information, from the thin air of cyberspace.
They were busted by the FBI in 2001, nobody was convicted for any crimes.
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