steven36 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 A California man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for running a website scam that defrauded investors for a total of $1.2 million.John Boone, 51, of Novato, Calif., pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in November 2013, and admitted to targeting victims who were interested in setting up online businesses and working from home, according to an FBI release.Through web ads on business sites that touted the sale of websites that generated high ad traffic, victims would contact Boone who would send them false records of generated revenue by the sites. Once they bought into the scam and sent payment, Boone never delivered on his promises of setting up the sites and providing training,ultimately cutting off all contact with them.Boone has also been ordered to pay $1,219,138 in restitution. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I am glad they caught that person but only 10 yrs? Some one should have put a joint in his pocket so he would have gotten an extra 20 more yrs. lol Sorry but US laws are backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 He sold ?established? existing domains 'work at home' to 18 people. That averages out to $ 67,000. usd each. He only plead guilty to two of them.Actually 10 years seems too long for simply being a liar and thief. He must have had previous crook problems. He is lucky its federal prison time.. like a hotel conference except no booze, fishing, golf .. or women.A member of the Anonymous hacker group only got 10 days in jail for his part of a Ddos attack on Master Card. Go figure. http://www.scmagazine.com/elo-guitarist-sentenced-to-10-days-in-ddos-attack/article/387184/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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