Pakistani man admits to massive telephone hacking scheme
CNS Photo NEWARK — A Pakistani man Thursday admitted his role in a massive hacking scheme that broke into business telephone systems, found unused numbers and directed them to dial into premium telephone lines controlled by a criminal organization. Muhammad Sohail Qasmani, 47, formerly of Bangkok, Thailand, remained in prison without bail after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden. Federal prosecutors said the conspirators racke..>> view originalEx-Giant sentenced, man charged in baby's death top the Week in ...
A former Giant who failed to pay taxes was sentenced. A man was charged in the death of his girlfriend's toddler. These are two in an array of people either charged with, indicted for, convicted of or sentenced in a wide array of crimes that made news across New Jersey in the past week. Click through the gallery above to catch up on any law and order news you might have missed. Here's some of what's there: Ex-NFL wide receiver Plaxico Burress received his punishment for tax evasion. The 38-y..>> view originalN.J. Politics Roundup: Pension panel reveals new plan; Christie ...
11 must-read N.J. stories on Friday morning
A very chilly weekend is ahead for New Jersey. These are some of the biggest stories around the state.>> view originalN.J. Muslim fencer at the tipping point of Olympic history
Ibtihaj Muhammad and her family were taking pictures with the fencing trophy she won for a third place finish. In that moment, it never occurred to her that the win had secured her a spot on the USA Olympic fencing team during the recent qualifier in Athens, Greece. "I honestly didn't think about it," Muhammad said. It wasn't until she returned home to Maplewood that she realized something was up. Her cellphone was buzzing with congratulatory text messages. Her Facebook and Twitter pages were ..>> view originalWATCH: Parents fume over Lakewood busing cuts
Dueling petitions seek different remedies.Lakewood students show their signs to board of education members during Lakewood Board of Education meeting at Lakewood High School. Lakewood,NJ. Thursday, February 11, 2016. Noah K. Murray-Special for the Asbury Park Press ASB 0211 busing meeting(Photo: Noah K. Murray, Noah K. Murray-Special for the A)LAKEWOOD - With just 15 days to go before nearly 10,000 schoolchildren lose their busing, more than 2,000 people, most of them parents, packed a special ..>> view original'Little Mozart' grows up: Child prodigy from Chile graduating to ...
Kevin R. Wexler/Staff Photographer Patricio Molina moved to Paterson from Chile as a teenager to pursue his musical career in the U.S. Patricio Molina was famous before he knew it. When he was 3, he showed up to a TV studio with a pacifier and captivated a national audience, playing the piano with a fluency and poise that belied the sight of a tiny boy whose shiny black shoes didn’t reach the ground. By 5, he had appeared on stage with Luciano Pavarotti. “Little Mozart,” one..>> view originalBitter cold to descend on N.J. through weekend
A blast of arctic area will make for the coldest weekend of winter. It'll be chilly Friday, but it's just a sampling of what we're in store for over the weekend, the National Weather Service says. Friday begins with some sun, but clouds increase through the day and there's a chance of afternoon and evening snow showers. Temperatures are mainly in the teens across the state as of 7 a.m. and will make it into the mid 20s by around 3 p.m. The mercury beings to fall after that and overnight lows..>> view originalN.J. church's stolen 'Black Lives Matter' banner | Your comments
CHERRY HILL TWP. — Although the pastor at Unitarian Universal Church doesn't expect to get their stolen "Black Lives Matter" banner back, he invited the culprits to a community meeting next month that will discuss the movement. Rev. Christian Schmidt said Thursday that the banner, which was hung near Kings Highway in mid-January, went missing earlier this week. A police report has been filed but leads are few, he said. Here's what some NJ.com readers had to say about the incident. Hydrashok ..>> view originalNewark mayor mum on bust of gang leader he once tried to help
(file photo) NEWARK — Mayor Ras Baraka on Thursday declined to comment on the arrest of Cory "C-Blaze" Hamlet, one of several alleged gang leaders he attempted to help in the years following the 2004 gang truce they helped broker. Federal agents on Thursday arrested Hamlet and three other alleged Grape Street Crips, a gang authorities say controls much of the heroin trade in northern New Jersey. Hamlet, 39, of Belleville is now facing an indictment for conspiracy linking him to four homicide..>> view original
Friday, February 12, 2016
Pakistani man admits to massive telephone hacking scheme and other top stories.
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