Romanian Admits to Involvement in Phishing Operation

A Romanian national has pleaded guilty to involvement in a phishing operation targeting customers of a wide range of leading banks.

"Cornel Ionut Tonita, 28, of Galati, Romania, could face up to five years in prison when he is sentenced on April 5 in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, according to the U.S. Department of Justice," writes Computerworld's Jeremy Kirk. "He pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to commit fraud related to spam."

"Tonita admitted using software to collect e-mail addresses in order to send spam that would then try to entice people into browsing one of the fake Web sites," Kirk writes.

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