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From: Reprint from Newsbytes (John and Barbara McMullen)
Subject: SUNDEVIL ARREST ANNOUNCED 4/13/91
Date: April 3, 1991
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PHOENIX, ARIZONA, U.S.A., 1991 APR 1(NB) -- The Maricopa County
Arizona County Attorney's Office has announced the arrest of Baron
Majette, 19, also known as "Doc Savage", for alleged crimes uncovered
in the joint federal / state "SunDevil" investigation in progress for
over a year.
Majette is charged with a number of felony crimes including the use
of a telephone lineman's handset in March 1990 to tap into a Toys 'R
Us telephone line to set up two conference calls between 15
participants. According to the charges, each call lasted
approximately 10 hours and cost $4,000. A spokesperson for the County
Attorney's office told Newsbytes that a Tucson resident, Anthony
Nusall, has previously pleaded guilty to being a participant in the
conference Majette is also accused of illegally accessing TRW's
credit data base to obtain personal credit information and account
numbers of persons in the TRW database. He is alleged to have then
used the information obtained to divert existing account mailings to
mail drops and post office boxes set up for this purpose. He is also
alleged to have additional credit cards issued based on the
information obtained from the database. He is further alleged to have
obtained cash, goods and services, such as airline tickets, in excess
of $50,000 by using cards and account information obtained through
entry into the TRW database.
It is further alleged that Majette stole credit cars from U.S. Mail
boxes and used them to obtain approximately $10,000 worth of cash,
goods and services.The allegations state that Majette acted either
alone or as part of a group to perform these actions. A County
Attorney spokesperson told Newsbytes that further arrests may be
expected as result of the ongoing investigation.
While bail was set on these charges at $4,900. Majette is being held
on a second warrant for probation violation and cannot be released on
bail until the probation hearing has been held.
Gail H. Thackeray, former Assistant Attorney General for the State of
Arizona, currently working with Maricopa County on the SunDevil
cases, told Newsbytes "The SunDevil project was started in response
to a high level of complaint of communications crimes, credit card
fraud and other incidents relating to large financial losses. These
were not cases of persons accessing computers 'just to look around'
or even cases like the Atlanta 'Legion of Doom' one in which the
individuals admitted obtaining information through illegal access.
They are rather cases in which the accused alleged used computers to
facilitate theft of substantial goods and services."
(Barbara E. McMullen & John F. McMullen/19910401)
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