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US shuts 'criminal' internet service provider

Date: June 5, 2009

Author: Joseph Menn

QUOTE: The US Federal Trade Commission for the first time has sued and immediately shut down an internet service provider it accused of being a haven for a wide range of criminal activity, including child pornography and the electronic theft of personal banking data.

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Key People:

• Jon Leibowitz Esq.

Key Organizations:

• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Financial Times Group (Financial Times Ltd.)
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
• Pricewert
• Spamhaus Project

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Computers & Information Technology
  • Email / Spam / Phone / Wireless / Messaging
  • Internet General (see also Fraud, Free Speech, etc.)
    • Internet: Infrastructure / Domain Names

• Law & Justice
  • Criminal Law
    • Organized Crime/Racketeering

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

• Worldwide

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