UK: Tycoon Charged With Computer Hacking
John Leyden writes on The Register:
Matthew Mellon, the heir to a $11.7bn (£6.6bn) oil and banking fortune, has been charged with a computer hacking offence over his alleged involvement in a snooping, bugging and blackmail ring. Mellon, 41, the estranged husband of Tamara Mellon, the woman behind the Jimmy Choo shoe business, will appear alongside 17 other defendants in court later this month, The Sunday Times reports.
Members of the group were arrested after a year long investigation by the Met Police into a detective agency run by a former policeman. Scotland Yard's probe began after a tip off from BT. The probe unearthed evidence that suspects also broke into NHS computers and stole medical files in order to facilitate blackmail. Investigators said members of the group donned false BT and NTL uniforms in order to gain access to premises where they left bugs.
posted by Fergie @ 2/01/2006 07:50:00 PM
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