Romanian hacker indicted in US
A US court has indicted a Romanian hacker accused of conspiring to steal $10m of computer equipment from Ingram Micro.
Calin Mateias, operating under the name Dr Mengele, allegedly hacked into the computer company?s systems and placed fraudulent orders for goods.
When the Ingram Micro subsequently blocked orders going to Romania, Mateias allegedly found five Americans and used their addresses to have the computer equipment sent to.
They have also been charged at the hearing in Los Angeles.
If convicted, Mateias could face up to 90 years in prison.
