Re: Academic Cyberbully Is Sentenced to Jail in Dead Sea Scrolls Case

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer () gmail com> wrote:
> http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/academic-cyberbully-sentenced-to-jail-in-dead-sea-scrolls-case/28269
>
> "The Dead Sea Scrolls cyberbully is being sent to jail. A judge in New
> York State’s main trial court sentenced Raphael Golb, a lawyer, to six
> months in prison for using false online identities to harass and
> discredit academics in a debate over the origin of the Dead Sea
> Scrolls, the Associated Press reported."
Wires look crossed here: Using someone else's SSN is not identify
theft. But using someone else's name is. Keep in mind SSNs are unique,
names are not.

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