September 18, 2006
VoIP Thief On The Run
Steal VoIP, go to jail. Or if you're Edwin Pena, barely out of his teens, you go on the lam, possibly using your 40-foot speed boat, which was paid for by resold stolen VoIP service. Pena was arrested by Miami police a few months back, along with his buddy hacker. They supposedly stole and resold around 10 M minutes of VoIP service and were facing up to 35 years on a couple of charges. Pena skipped bail and is suspected of heading somewhere from where he can't be extradited. Time to bring in the CSI: Miami crew, though I'm not sure they've covered any telecom crimes to date.
These two guys are obviously bright minds, given the way they engineered their whole set up. Had they thought just a bit further, they could have been doing VoIP security consulting and making good money, instead of doing time. Given the shortage of skilled workers in the IP telecom industry, it's a waste. A good mind is a terrible thing to waste; a good VoIP mind even more so.
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