{"id":51284,"date":"2022-11-07T20:29:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284"},"modified":"2022-11-07T20:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T04:29:17","slug":"man-sentenced-to-more-than-three-years-in-prison-for-illegally-taking-control-of-online-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284","title":{"rendered":"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6476 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/FBI-Cyber-Crime.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM swapping\u201d schemes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">This scheme allowed him and his associates to take control of online accounts, which resulted in cryptocurrency theft, causing more than $28,000 in losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anthony Joseph Carlson, 25, also conducted a separate \u201cphishing\u201d scheme to hijack valuable Instagram accounts, which he could monetize. And he defrauded other victims by selling stolen Instagram accounts, causing additional losses of over $93,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3664\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3664\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3664\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-120x76.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-265x168.jpg 265w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-284x180.jpg 284w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-274x173.jpg 274w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes-220x140.jpg 220w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cyber-Crimes.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cyber Crimes &#8212;<br \/>Source: FBI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson sentenced\u00a0 Carlson. The judge is scheduled to determine the amount of restitution Carlson will be ordered to pay 10 people and companies in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlson pleaded guilty on August 22 to four felony offenses \u2013 two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer to obtain information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" name=\"_Hlk118731180\"><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Judge Anderson today emphasized the seriousness of the cybercrimes by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s the same as if the defendant was actually robbing the victims,\u201d later adding, \u201cYou don\u2019t get a break because you used a computer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6759 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Department-of-Justice.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>SIM swapping is fraud in which cell phone service providers are tricked into reassigning a victim\u2019s cell phone number to a new cell phone controlled by a fraudster without the victim\u2019s knowledge or authorization. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">The new cell phone device has a new Subscriber Identification Module (SIM), thus, SIM swapping. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">After hijacking a victim\u2019s phone service, a SIM swapper is able to receive communications intended for the victim, including password reset codes for a victim\u2019s online accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Carlson worked with others in SIM swapping schemes to reset victim account passwords, take over victims\u2019 online accounts and steal cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlson participated in two separate conspiracies to use SIM swapping to gain unauthorized access to the email, financial and social media accounts of the victims to steal cryptocurrency. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">According to officials, one scheme that did not result in any actual losses involved the takeover of a Coinbase account to steal $10,000 in cryptocurrency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">A second involved the takeover of a Facebook account that allowed Carlson and a co-conspirator to obtain cryptocurrency from two friends of the person whose account had been compromised.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-petre_barlea\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51286\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51286 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3890350-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3890350-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3890350-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3890350-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/3890350.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> As a result of a separate phishing scheme \u2013 in which Carlson sent emails purporting to be from a legitimate source to induce victims to reveal information, including personally identifying information and passwords \u2013 he gained control of valuable Instagram accounts with large numbers of followers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Carlson told the victims who owned the Instagram accounts that he wanted to purchase advertising on their accounts, but he needed to determine how valuable their accounts were for marketing purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/photo-by-flyd-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-51287\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51287 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"red padlock on black computer keyboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/oqptsc4p3nm.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Carlson convinced the victims to download his purported analytics software, which had a spoofed website name almost identical to a commonly used Instagram analytics software. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">They were tricked into providing their Instagram usernames and passwords, which Carlson used to take over their Instagram accounts to monetize for his personal gain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Carlson also obtained stolen Instagram accounts from others and re-sold them to other victims for thousands of dollars. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">In another scheme, Carlson collected money for advertising on Instagram accounts he did not control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted the investigation into this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8034680718MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Assistant United States Attorney Lisa E. Feldman of the Cyber and Intellectual Property Crimes Section prosecuted this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM swapping\u201d schemes. This scheme allowed him&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"981\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284\"},\"wordCount\":576,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"American Justice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284\",\"name\":\"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=51284#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":981,\"caption\":\"silver and black round emblem\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"description\":\"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"American Justice Notebook\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/07\\\/Justice-Scales.jpg\",\"width\":675,\"height\":231,\"caption\":\"American Justice Notebook\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\",\"name\":\"Raul\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Raul\"},\"description\":\"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts","description":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts","og_description":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM","og_url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284","og_site_name":"American Justice Notebook","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook","article_published_time":"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":981,"url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Raul","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Raul","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284"},"author":{"name":"Raul","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0"},"headline":"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts","datePublished":"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284"},"wordCount":576,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg","articleSection":["American Justice"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284","name":"Man Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Prison For Illegally Taking Control of Online Accounts","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-08T04:29:17+00:00","description":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0LOS ANGELES\u00a0 A Clarkston, Michigan man was sentenced Monday to three years and six months in federal prison for his role in a series of \u201cSIM","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=51284#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/nhrm1u4gd_a.jpg","width":1600,"height":981,"caption":"silver and black round emblem"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","name":"American Justice Notebook","description":"&quot;Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.&quot; \u2014  Thomas Jefferson","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#organization","name":"American Justice Notebook","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Justice-Scales.jpg","width":675,"height":231,"caption":"American Justice Notebook"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0","name":"Raul","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c7f80bd073aca2abc2fc18e390e13d00b72d9d3a81bca4fd53e3567b02efee6f?s=96&r=g","caption":"Raul"},"description":"Raul Hernandez is a former journalist. He has worked as a newspaper reporter for more than 30 years at the El Paso Herald-Post, El Paso Times, Press Enterprise in Riverside, California and the Ventura County Star in California. He was a court reporter for more than 20 years.","sameAs":["https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51288,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51284\/revisions\/51288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}