Monday, November 26, 2012
Before entering your credit card number online, take steps to avoid becoming the victim of cyber crime.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Just when you've had time to recover from Black Friday, it's Cyber Monday -- a day for shopping from the comfort of your home on Duluth. While avoiding crowds and getting great bargains is enjoyable, Cyber Monday can be full of hazards for those shoppers who fail to take the proper precautions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation offers several tips to make your Cyber Monday shopping experience safe and enjoyable: If you do end up as the victim of an online scam, you can file a complaint on the Internet Crime Complaint Center website.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Katiran Lee charged with selling counterfeit automotive devices and accessories while living in Duluth.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012
A federal grand jury in Virginia Thursday (Oct. 25) indicted Indonesian national Katiran Lee with trafficking in counterfeit automotive accessories while living in Duluth and participating in a conspiracy to sell to unsuspecting U.S. consumers more than $3 million worth of counterfeit General Motors (GM) and Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) automotive diagnostic devices and other automotive equipment. The indictment was announced Friday in a press release by U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia and officials with the U.S Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the FBI. Lee, 39, was charged with two counts of trafficking in counterfeit goods, four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit wire …
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Come Monday, July 9, some 277,000 computers worldwide are still on track to lose Internet connections unless a fix is applied.
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Sunday, July 8, 2012
Without a fix that is being put out by the FBI, it is possible that hundreds of thousands of computer users could lose access to the Internet on Monday, July 9. The Huffington Post reported in April that the problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control of infected computers. The FBI responded with a safety net using government computers to prevent Internet disruptions. The problem is, that is in the process of being shut down. Once the shutdown is complete, infected computers could lose access to the Internet. D-day is set for Monday. According to CBS News, although down from the number reported in April, some 277,000 computers worldwide, 64,000 of them in the United States, could still be …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
They were pursued and apprehended after they fled the scene in a vehicle and exited I-85 at Pleasantdale Road.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Two suspects have been arrested in the Tuesday (May 15) armed robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank at 3072 Old Norcross Road in Duluth. The arrests were announced by Atlanta Division Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin and Gwinnett Police Chief Charles M. Walters in a FBI press release. At about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, two men entered the bank wearing masks and brandishing at least one semi-auto handgun, according to the release. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, they were observed departing the bank in a maroon Honda Accord and fleeing southbound on Interstate 85. Responding units from the Gwinnett County Police Department began pursuit of the getaway vehicle, which exited I-85 at …
Friday, March 2, 2012
Defendants raided homes of suspected drug dealers in Lawrenceville and Duluth and engaged in public shootouts.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
A jury in federal district court in Atlanta returned a guilty verdict Thursday, March 1, against Jose Reyes, Albert Espinal, and Johann Brito, all of Lawrenceville, on charges of armed robbery, drug trafficking, and using a firearm in connection with those offenses, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. Their conviction followed a 13-day trial. “These three defendants belonged to the Cartier robbery crew that engaged in at least two shootouts in broad daylight -- one at a busy intersection in Lawrenceville and another in a quiet subdivision in Duluth,” said U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. “The defendants and their robbery crew shot, stabbed, tortured, kidnaped, and …
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Two men charged with multiple counts of armed robbery.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Gwinnett County Police today announced the arrests of two men in connection with a string of armed robberies. Police have charged Stacey Lamont Dooley and Quinton Lamar Booker in connection with three armed robberies in Gwinnett County including two at the Mall of Georgia. Dooley is charged with three counts of armed robbery in Gwinnett and two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Booker is also charged with three counts of armed robbery. Additional charges against Dooley and Booker, as well as other suspects, are under active investigation according to police. The first Gwinnett robbery occurred in November of 2010 at the Mall of Georgia Bank of America. The second Gwinnett robbery took place at the Wells Fargo in Centerville. On…
