http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/03/01/BAK21C9544.DTL By Henry K. Lee Chronicle Staff Writer SFGate.com March 2, 2010 An Alameda man is among four people indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of reaping $25 million reselling premium tickets to concerts and sporting events by hacking into online vendor systems such as Ticketmaster.com, prosecutors said Monday. Joel Stevenson, 37, surrendered Monday to the FBI in Newark, N.J., where a 43-count indictment was issued Feb. 23 and unsealed Monday. Stevenson, along with Kenneth Lowson, 40, Kristofer Kirsch, 37, and Faisal Nahdi, 36, all of Los Angeles, were charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and unauthorized computer access. The four men resold 1.5 million tickets for performances by Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel, Kenny Chesney and Hannah Montana, the popular teen character played by Miley Cyrus, federal prosecutors said. The defendants also focused on tickets for live theater, including productions of "Wicked" and "The Producers," as well as sporting events such as the 2006 Rose Bowl, the 2007 Major League Baseball playoffs at Yankee Stadium and special events including tapings of the ABC program "Dancing With the Stars," prosecutors said. The four did business as Wiseguys Tickets and Seats of San Francisco, the indictment said. At various times from 2002 to 2009, the operation was based in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the indictment said. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Mar 03 2010 - 22:18:14 PST
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