davidh
July 15th, 2008, 06:27 AM
NZealand teen mastermind walks free over global cyber crime
Mon Jul 14, 10:27 PM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand teenager who confessed to a central role in a global cyber-crime ring which caused millions of dollars in losses walked free from court Tuesday with police wanting to secure his skills.
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Owen Thor Walker, 18, was discharged without conviction after earlier admitting six cyber crime charges.
DH
P.S. With that middle name, I wonder if he was hooked on to computerized mythological war superhero video games too? I'm just guessing that such kind of games exist. It's been about twenty years since I watched the kids playing games on Nintendo so I'm pretty ignorant on this.
Mon Jul 14, 10:27 PM ET
WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand teenager who confessed to a central role in a global cyber-crime ring which caused millions of dollars in losses walked free from court Tuesday with police wanting to secure his skills.
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Owen Thor Walker, 18, was discharged without conviction after earlier admitting six cyber crime charges.
DH
P.S. With that middle name, I wonder if he was hooked on to computerized mythological war superhero video games too? I'm just guessing that such kind of games exist. It's been about twenty years since I watched the kids playing games on Nintendo so I'm pretty ignorant on this.