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Man Arrested in Online Extortion Case
From: Marjorie Simmons <lawyer () USIT NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:30:04 -0400
Man Arrested in Online Extortion Case The Industry Standard http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZTUL0O9CC A Florida man was arrested on charges that he attempted to extort over $1 million from a company that makes computer-aided design software. Michael Pitelis allegedly sent e-mail messages to executives at Waltham, Mass.-based Parametric Technology threatening to post on the Web numerical "keys" that would enable anyone to use the company's software without first paying for it. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email LISTSERV () SecurityFocus com with a message body of "SIGNOFF ISN".
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