A computer specialist from New Jersey has been arrested for his
alleged part in a fraud that involved tricking the US army into
running a T-1 internet line that he used in the operation of a porn
site, according to a report by news agency Reuters.
Gilbert Benjamin faces 68 charges of mail and wire fraud and of
submitting false claims with intent to defraud the Government. He
is alleged to have run up costs of $100,000 in running the line
between 1997 and 1998. He obtained access to the line by telling
the army that he was using it to communicate with forces in
Bosnia.
If convicted, Benjamin faces up to five years in prison and a
maximum $250,000 fine on each count.
