Queens Man Sentenced to 27 Months' Imprisonment on Federal Charges of Computer Damage, Access Device Fraud and Software Piracy

Queens Man Sentenced to 27 Months' Imprisonment on Federal Charges of Computer Damage, Access Device Fraud and Software Piracy



DAVID N. KELLEY, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that the defendant, of Flushing, New York, was sentenced today to 27 months� imprisonment, followed by three years supervised release, and $201,620 in restitution by United States District Judge RICHARD C. CASEY in Manhattan federal Court following his July 11, 2003 plea to a fivecount Information relating to computer fraud and software piracy.



In his guilty plea to the computer damage charges, he admitted that, between February 14, 2001, and December 20, 2002, without the permission of Kinko's Inc. ('Kinko's'), he installed special keylogging software on computer terminals located at Kinko's stores throughout Manhattan to surreptitiously record keystroking activity on those computers, and to collect computer usernames and passwords of Kinko's customers. During his plea allocution, he admitted that his installation of the keylogging software could damage the Kinko's computers on which they were installed. He admitted that he then used the confidential information he obtained to access, or attempt to access, bank accounts belonging to other persons, and fraudulently to open online bank accounts. He also pled guilty to similar fraudulent conduct that he continued to commit while on bail after his arrest on December 20, 2002.