Michigan Man Gets 30 Months for Conspiracy to Order Destructive
Computer Attacks on Business Competitors
NEWARK, N.J. -- A Michigan man was sentenced today to 30 months
in prison for conspiring to conduct highly destructive computer
attacks on competitors of his online sportswear business, including
a web-based New Jersey company, U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie
announced.
U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Irenas also ordered Jason Salah Arabo,
19, of Southfield, Michigan, to make restitution of $504,495 to
his victims -- the websites he targeted as well as an Internet hosting
company.
Arabo pleaded guilty today before Judge Irenas on April 12, to a
one-count Information charging him with conspiracy to cause the
transmission of a program, information, code, and command, and as
a result of such conduct, intentionally cause damage without authorization,
to a protected computer.
In pleading guilty, Arabo acknowledged that in 2004, he ran two
web-based companies, www.customleader.com and www.jerseydomain.com,
that sold sports apparel, including reproductions of sports uniforms,
popularly known as "retro" or "throwback" jerseys.
"Arabo's 30-month prison sentence reflects the very serious
and damaging nature of the computer attacks he orchestrated,"
said Christie. "This case went far beyond a teenager using
his computer for online pranks. We will continue to investigate
and aggressively prosecute the misuse of computers to commit crime."
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric H. Jaso, who prosecuted
the case, Arabo admitted that in online "instant message"
conversations he met a New Jersey resident, Jasmine Singh, who communicated
using the online name "Pherk." Arabo learned that Singh
had covertly infected some two thousand personal computers with
programs that enabled him to remotely control them. Singh demonstrated
to Arabo online that he could command these computers to conduct
attacks, known as distributed denial of service, or "DDOS"
attacks, on computer servers and disable websites supported by those
servers. Arabo admitted that he asked Singh to take down the websites
and online sales operations of certain of his competitors. Arabo
promised to compensate Singh for the attacks with merchandise, including
designer sneakers.
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