[pchelpers] News:Jailed ID thieves thwart cops with crypto

By Tom Espiner 
Special to CNET News.com

Published: December 18, 2006, 10:34 AM PST 

Three men have been jailed in the U.K. for their part in a massive data
theft operation.

One of the accused ringleaders of the gang, Anton Dolgov--also known as
Gelonkin--was sentenced to six years at London's Harrow Crown Court on
Wednesday for his part in the theft of millions of dollars from victims
in countries including the U.K. and the U.S.

The ID thieves used stolen credit card numbers and created false
identities to buy high-end electronics and other goods, which they then
resold on eBay, prosecutors said.

The gang pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud, obtain services by
deception, acquire, use and possess criminal property, and conceal,
disguise, convert, transfer or remove criminal property.

One of the gang members, Aleksei Kostap, was also found guilty of
perverting the course of justice, and was sentenced to four years'
imprisonment.

When the gang's premises were raided by the members of the Serious and
Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), Kostap was handcuffed with his hands in
front of his body. He managed to leap up and flick an electrical switch
that wiped databases that could have contained records of the gang's
activities stretching back more than 10 years, SOCA said.

Kostap's action also triggered intricate layers of encryption on the
gang's computer systems, which SOCA's experts were unable to crack, the
court heard.

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