September 22, 2006
More VoIP Crimes
Not too long ago, 23 year old Edwin Pena and his accomplice Robert Moore were arrested for stealing and reselling 10M minutes of VoIP service. Pena recently went on the run and is being sought by authorities for skipping bail. Now five Asian men have been arrested in Namibia for selling VoIP without a license, based on the country's 1992 Postal and Telecommunication Act.
Bail was set at N$3,000 each and was paid. But the group will have to return to court at the end of October and may face jail time. This seems way out of whack. Wouldn't a fine be sufficient? Skype had been told by the Korean government recently that they did not have the appropriate license. No fine was levied, and Skype stopped taking new memberships from Korean citizens.
The primary difference in crime between Pena/ Moore and the five foreign nationals in Namibia is that the former group stole service from other VoIP providers. But they went to great technical lengths to do so, and got away with it for quite a while. The Nambian five were caught when they tried to sell VoIP service to a member of the public.
Additional sources: VoIP News Australia, All Africa, TMC Net.
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