Who says we Australians are backward on the web ? The mastermind of a global internet scam sentenced to four years behind bars today is well and truly home-grown.
Nick Marinellis pleaded guilty in the New South Wales District Court to 10 counts of fraud and one count of perverting the course of justice over the so-called Nigerian or West African scam.
Judge Barry Mahoney sentenced Marinellis to five years and three months jail with a non-parole period of four years and four months, backdated to October last year when the 40-year-old was first jailed.
Judge Mahoney said a significant sentence was needed to deter others from committing similar offences. "None of the matters are trivial and the modus operandi was complicated and devious," he said.
Marinellis will be eligible for release on February 28, 2008
news.com.au
Nick Marinellis pleaded guilty in the New South Wales District Court to 10 counts of fraud and one count of perverting the course of justice over the so-called Nigerian or West African scam.
Judge Barry Mahoney sentenced Marinellis to five years and three months jail with a non-parole period of four years and four months, backdated to October last year when the 40-year-old was first jailed.
Judge Mahoney said a significant sentence was needed to deter others from committing similar offences. "None of the matters are trivial and the modus operandi was complicated and devious," he said.
Marinellis will be eligible for release on February 28, 2008
news.com.au
posted by Susanna Duffy @ 5:01 PM
2 Comments:
At 7:02 AM,
Unknown said…
Much as this kind of fraud is odious you have to give it to the ozzies. We seem to be so good at it. Shades of a convict past?
At 9:17 AM,
Susanna Duffy said…
I have a convict past and no compulsion, much less inclination, to steal from people. I think Nick the Nigerian Spammer has antecedants from a warmer, more mediterranean region than the rocky cliffs my forebears had to leave
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