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News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL)
March 4, 2005
Author: STEVE BAUER News-Gazette Staff Writer
Estimated printed pages: 3

A Champaign man accused locally of felony theft involving Internet auctions was also the subject of a federal civil suit in Nevada.

Federal court records in Nevada show Eric Suchomski, 26, was ordered last month by a federal judge to pay $2.8 million in damages to a computer company for stealing and selling its e-mail lists.

Senior Judge Lloyd D. George of the U.S. District Court of Nevada ruled Feb. 18 that Suchomski hacked into the computer system of R.P. Ventures, a California-based company that compiles and sells lists of e-mail addresses.

Judge George ruled that Suchomski was liable for misappropriation of trade secrets, violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuses Act and misappropriation of computer data in violation of federal law. The judge also issued a permanent injunction against Suchomski, ordering him to halt attempts to sell and distribute e-mail addresses belonging to the company, also known as RPV.

That company was in contact with Detective Kelly before Suchomski's arrest, according to Guy Mizrahi, legal affairs director for RPV, but the alleged activity in Illinois had nothing to do with the e-mail list case in Nevada.

The RPV list contained 12 million e-mail addresses, which company executives believe were obtained by hacking into their computer system before July 30, 2003, according to the lawsuit filed in August 2003.

Suchomski, using the name "BigMike9712," was offering the list for sale on the Internet for $750 for each million names and had apparently sold names before an agent working for RPV offered to buy the rest, according to the lawsuit.

The company also settled with a person from New Jersey for buying the list, Mizrahi said.

"The people who traffic in these lists know what they are doing is wrong. We have been very diligent about going after people who sell the list and those who purchase the list," Mizrahi said.

"We are trying to protect our customers' identities and the integrity of our intellectual property, which cost us a lot of money to develop," he said.

Suchomski posted on a message board that he had these lists for sale, according to Mizrahi. The company had somebody contact him and do some investigation.

"He offered two million (names from the list) for sale to our agent," Mizrahi said.

"If you are bold enough to boast on the Internet that you have somebody's stolen product for sale, you are asking for trouble," he said.
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2tiny4u Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 8	Eric Suchomski ordered to pay in Nevada case News-Gazette, The (Champaign-Urbana, IL) March 4, 2005 Author: STEVE BAUER News-Gazette Staff Writer Estimated printed pages: 3 A Champaign man accused locally of felony theft involving Internet auctions was also the subject of a federal civil suit in Nevada. Federal court records in Nevada show Eric Suchomski, 26, was ordered last month by a federal judge to pay $2.8 million in damages to a computer company for stealing and selling its e-mail lists. Senior Judge Lloyd D. George of the U.S. District Court of Nevada ruled Feb. 18 that Suchomski hacked into the computer system of R.P. Ventures, a California-based company that compiles and sells lists of e-mail addresses. Judge George ruled that Suchomski was liable for misappropriation of trade secrets, violation of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuses Act and misappropriation of computer data in violation of federal law. The judge also issued a permanent injunction against Suchomski, ordering him to halt attempts to sell and distribute e-mail addresses belonging to the company, also known as RPV. That company was in contact with Detective Kelly before Suchomski's arrest, according to Guy Mizrahi, legal affairs director for RPV, but the alleged activity in Illinois had nothing to do with the e-mail list case in Nevada. The RPV list contained 12 million e-mail addresses, which company executives believe were obtained by hacking into their computer system before July 30, 2003, according to the lawsuit filed in August 2003. Suchomski, using the name "BigMike9712," was offering the list for sale on the Internet for $750 for each million names and had apparently sold names before an agent working for RPV offered to buy the rest, according to the lawsuit. The company also settled with a person from New Jersey for buying the list, Mizrahi said. "The people who traffic in these lists know what they are doing is wrong. We have been very diligent about going after people who sell the list and those who purchase the list," Mizrahi said. "We are trying to protect our customers' identities and the integrity of our intellectual property, which cost us a lot of money to develop," he said. Suchomski posted on a message board that he had these lists for sale, according to Mizrahi. The company had somebody contact him and do some investigation. "He offered two million (names from the list) for sale to our agent," Mizrahi said. "If you are bold enough to boast on the Internet that you have somebody's stolen product for sale, you are asking for trouble," he said. Edition: 1 star - 2 star Page: B-1 B-2 Copyright, 2005, The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana, IL) Record Number: 10A37EA8188BD2BC