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...accused face charges of theft, fraud and conspiracy; if convicted, they could be jailed for as long as 10 years. Siddaraj, who denied any involvement in the transplants, was released on $6,600 bail. The other suspects, still in custody, claim their actions were legal, as the villagers had agreed to sell their kidneys. In a Bangalore police station last week, Ahmed described his role as one of finding recipients in Saudi Arabia. He told Time, ``I thought that I was doing a service to kidney patients and that the government was earning foreign exchange. I was thinking of asking...
...bail to await formal indictments and trials, several set up in Miami. Among them: - Ricardo Cisneros, a former Banco Latino director who with his brother Gustavo runs Grupo Cisneros, a multibillion-dollar conglomerate that owns, among other things, the Spalding sporting-goods company. Cisneros, who is charged with fraud, contends that he did not serve on the management team that ran the bank's daily business and thus knew nothing of any improprieties. Gustavo, who has not been implicated in the scandal, told that his brother was ``an outside director who got minimal information and wasn't a member...
Will anyone wind up in jail? A year has elapsed since the scandal broke, and not a single individual has been formally indicted. Norys Aguirre, president of the State Deposits Guarantee Fund, which runs the nationalized banks, insists that charges will indeed be brought against those accused of fraud. Most of the money will never be recovered, she says, adding that in the long run, ``the people of Venezuela will pay, with inflation and more taxes. We're all going to pay.'' Reported by Greg Aunapu/Miami and Mary Matheson/Caracas
Hacker Kevin Mitnick was ordered held without bond by a federal magistrate in Raleigh, N.C. Mitnick was arrested Wednesday in Raleigh and faces up to 35 years in prison and $500,000 in fines if he is convicted of computer fraud and illegal use of a telephone device. Mitnick appeared before the magistrate in shackles and waived his right to a probable cause and bond hearing. The FBI says that Mitnick's online exploits included breaking into computer systems to steal 20,000 credit card numbers belonging to subscribers of Netcom, an internet provider...
...most sophisticated networks, and he may have distributed these to others, in effect turning security devices into burglar''s tools. While Internet security is known to be fairly weak, Mitnick''s exploits have deepened fears that even the best protective measures may be inadequate. Mitnick faces charges of computer fraud and illegal use of a telephone. He could be locked up for 20 years if convicted for the first crime;15 for the second. He will be arraigned tomorrow