Submission + - Guilty Verdict In First Ever Cybercrime RICO Trial (wired.com)
clm1970 writes: A young Arizona identity thief is the first person in the U.S. to be found guilty of federal racketeering charges for facilitating his crimes over a website. The precedent could mean that even the most casual user of a site used primarily for illegal activity could be punished as harshly as the most serious offenders.