Thursday, October 22, 2009

Go to http://www.cybercrime.gov/ . Scroll to the bottom of the page. Select one link at the bottom of the page and let your instructor know what one you pick. Take 15 minutes to read the article and make a note of the 8 most important facts that the class should know.Type your 8 facts as Post #2 your blog and prepare to share them with the class vocally. You will have approximately 3 – 5 minutes to speak.

TWO DEFENDANTS PLEAD GUILTY IN COUNTERFEIT PIPE COUPLING SCHEME
Hayden B. Greene, 31, of Tulsa, Okla., and James Robert Roy, 42, of
Tomball, Texas, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture and sell counterfeit pipe
couplings,

They each face up to five years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 5, 2009
In their plea agreements, Greene and Roy admitted that they conspired with another codefendant in a counterfeiting scheme to manufacture and sell oilfield pipe couplings stamped with a certification mark owned and registered by the American Petroleum Institute (API), without a license or other authorization to do so.
It is being investigated by the FBI’s Houston Field Office.

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