Texas Men Cleared in Pre-Paid Cellphone DMCA 'Terror' Case
Kevin Poulsen writes on 27B Stroke 6:
A federal magistrate today dismissed with prejudice a disgraceful DMCA prosecution against three young Texas men who bought a lot of cell phones while looking Arab.More here.
Adham Othman, 21, his brother Louai Othman, 23, and their cousin Maruan Muhareb, 18, were cleared of money laundering and conspiracy charges after a day-long preliminary hearing.
The three were rousted by local law enforcement in Michigan last month after they were spotted driving from Wal-Mart to Wal-Mart buying as many low-cost pre-paid cell phones as they could get their hands on.
Tuscola County authorities arrested them as suspected terrorists and made a lot of noise. Then when the case didn't pan out the feds stepped in with face-savings charges that the men conspired to violate the DMCA.
posted by Fergie @ 9/05/2006 05:47:00 PM
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