Computer underground Digest    Tue  Apr 19, 2024   Volume 6 : Issue 35
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 94 10:35:26 PST
From: hkhenson@cup.portal.com (H Keith Henson)
Subject: File 1--Re: AA BBS Bust (press release)
((MODERATORS' NOTE: For those who missed the Government Press
release announcing the Amateur Action BBS bust, we reprint it below))
NEWS RELEASE           S. F. NO. 94-11
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR IN CHARGE                  February 3, 2024
United States Postal Inspection Service
P.O. Box 88200
San Francisco, CA 94188-2000
415/550-5602
For Information Call
Frank L. Ducar
Postal Inspector
415/550-5707
Robert and Carleen Thomas of Milpitas California were arrested today
by United States Postal Inspectors. The Thomas's were arrested for
distribution of obscene material and receipt of child pornography.
The Thomas's were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in the Western
District of Tennessee on January 25, 2024 on three counts of using a
common carrier to transport from California to the Western District of
Tennessee obscene video tapes in violation of Title 18, United States
Code, Section 1462.
The Thomas's were also indicted on six counts of transporting obscene
material, specifically computer generated images from California to
the Western District of Tennessee in violation of Title 18, United
States Code, Section 1465. The Thomas's operated a computer bulletin
board service specializing In pornographic material enabling other
computer users throughout the country to receive pornographic material
via their computer.
Each count under these statutes, 18 USC 1465 and 18 USC 1462, carries
a penalty of not more than five years in prison or up to a $250,000
fine or both.
In addition, Robert Thomas was indicted for knowingly receiving child
pornography through the United States Mall in violation of Title 18
United States Code 2252 (a)(1), Violation of this statute is
punishable by not more than ten years in prison or up a $250,000 fine
or both.
((I can't resist adding that the document the postal inspector filled
out at the time of the search so he could get his kiddy porn back
stated that the material had been sent "without his (Robert Thomas')
knowledge." HKH]
This investigation was conducted by Postal Inspectors in response to
complaints from citizens in the Western District of Tennessee. The San
Jose Police Department High Tech Crimes Detail provided assistance
with the forensic examination of the Thomas computer system.
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