Texas Man Indicted for Hacking Into Computer Network, Stealing $274,000 !
Dec 24, 2010
A federal indictment unsealed earlier today alleges that a 35-year-old Texas man hacked into the computer network of an Eden Prairie business and stole approximately $274,000. The indictment, which was filed in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010, charges Jeremey Parker, of Houston, Texas, with one count of unauthorized access to a protected computer in furtherance of fraud and one count of wire fraud. The indictment was unsealed following Parker's initial appearance in United States District Court. The indictment alleges that from December 23, 2008, through October 15, 2009, Parker hacked into the computer network in order to obtain money belonging to Digital River, Inc ., a cyber-based business, through a subsidiary, SWReg ., Inc. SWReg. pays independent software developers who write code that can run on Digital River's system. Royalties owed to those developers are accumulated at SWReg, and the developers have the ability to go online, view the royalty balances i