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From: neit...@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Christopher K. Neitzert)
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Subject: $100,000 Bail set for EdCummings
Date: 28 Mar 1995 03:29:05 GMT
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Several friends of Ed 'Bernie S.' Cummings have prepared this press
release due to the fact that a man is being held on $100,000.00 Bail for
possessing the right electronic components to trick a pay phone into giving
free telephone calls. His promotion of these devices is not against any law
in the land, however the Governements of Deleware County, Pennsylavania and
United States are acting as though their own laws do not matter to them.
These words are taken from a transcript i compilied during a conversations with
Paul, a friend and collegue of Ed's for many years.
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Delaware County Pennsylvania, USA
Ed Cummings, also known to many in cyberspace as Bernie S. was arrested
on March 13th, 1995 for 2 misdemeanors of possession, manufacture and sale
of a device to commit Telecommunications fraud charges. He is being held in
Delaware County Prison in lieu of $100,000.00 Bail. His story follows.
On the evening of the 13th Bernie S. received a page from his mail drop.
Some people he knew from Florida had stopped in at his mail drop thinking
it was his address. They were looking to purchase several 6.5 Mhz Crystals.
These crystals when used to replace the standard crystal in the RADIO SHACK
Auto Dialer, and with some programming, produce tones that trick
pay phones into believing they have received coins. These are commonly
referred to as 'red boxes' and got their name from an actual red box pulled
from a pay phone in the late seventies by some curious person.
Ed Cummings met these people at a local 7-11 where he was
to sell the widely used electronic timing crystals for roughly $4 a piece.
The purchaser only had two twenty dollar bills and Ed Cummings no change.
Ed Cummings went into the 7-11 to get some change to make the transaction.
A police officer noticed a van parked in the parking lot of the 7-11 with
Florida Tags and several African Americans inside. As Ed was leaving the 7-11
he noticed fifteen police cars pulling into the parking lot of the 7-11.
Next thing he knew the police were asking him if they could rifle
through his car. He said no. Moments later as he was talking to a Detective
and noticed another police officer going through his car. He asked the officer
to stop. They did not, in all the police confiscated a few hundred 6.5Mhz
crystals (which he resells for roughly $4 a piece) and a large box of 100
dialers. The police told him they would get back to him, and he could have
his electronics back if the contents of the bag were legal. In the contents
of the seized items was one modified dialer, that a customer returned after
modification explaining that it did not work, a broken red box.
The next day Ed 'Bernie S.' Cummings was over at a friend's house working on
their computer when eight to ten plain clothed armed men burst into the house
and ordered him and his friends to freeze. They cuffed him and took him to a
holding cell. There he was left without a blanket or jacket to
sleep with in the cold cell.
That evening the Secret Service had been called in when someone figured
out what the dialers and crystals would do when put together. The
United States Secret Service found his home and entered it, while they were
questioning him.
The next morning at his arraignment he was finally told of the charges
he was being held upon. They were Two misdemeanor Charges of manufacture,
Distribution and Sale of devices of Telecommunications Fraud. and Two Unlawful
use of a computer charges. His bail was automatically set to $100,000.00 because
Ed Cummings refused talk with the police without his attorney present.
The Secret Service presented to the judge a 9 page inventory of what
they had found in his home. On that inventory there 14 computers. 2 printers.
Boxes of bios chips for the systems he worked with. Eprom burners which the
Federal Agents had labeled RCellular telephone chip reprogramming adaptersS
Eproms are used in everything from Automobile computers to personal computers.
They also confiscated his toolbox of screw drivers, wire clippers and other
computer oriented tools he used for his consulting job.
The Judge dropped the Two unlawful use of a computer charges due to
the fact that the evidence was circumstantial and the county had no actual
evidence that Ed had ever used the computers in question.
As of 3/28/1995 Ed Cummings is still in Delaware County Prison
awaiting his trial. His trial has not yet been scheduled and Ed will most
likely not raise the One Hundred Thousand Dollars needed to be released on
bail.
If anyone hsa any questions or comments direct them to this newsgroup and
my email box.
Thanks.
Christopher K Neitzert
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From: neit...@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Christopher K. Neitzert)
Newsgroups: alt.security
Subject: $100,000 Bail for Red Boxes
Date: 30 Mar 1995 01:16:33 GMT
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Several friends of Ed 'Bernie S.' Cummings have prepared this press
release due to the fact that a man is being held on $100,000.00 Bail for
possessing the right electronic components to trick a pay phone into giving
free telephone calls. His promotion of these devices is not against any law
in the land, however the Governements of Deleware County, Pennsylavania and
United States are acting as though their own laws do not matter to them.
--
Delaware County Pennsylvania, USA
Ed Cummings, also known to many in cyberspace as Bernie S. was arrested
on March 13th, 1995 for 2 misdemeanors of possession, manufacture and sale
of a device to commit Telecommunications fraud charges. He is being held in
Delaware County Prison in lieu of $100,000.00 Bail. His story follows.
On the evening of the 13th Bernie S. received a page from his mail drop.
Some people he knew from Florida had stopped in at his mail drop thinking
it was his address. They were looking to purchase several 6.5 Mhz Crystals.
These crystals when used to replace the standard crystal in the RADIO SHACK
Hand Telephone dialer, and with some programming, produce tones that trick
pay phones into believing they have received coins. These are commonly
referred to as 'red boxes' and got their name from an actual red box pulled
from a pay phone in the late seventies by some curious person.
Ed Cummings met these people at a local 7-11 where he was
to sell the widely used electronic timing crystals for roughly $4 a piece.
The purchaser only had two twenty dollar bills and Ed Cummings no change.
Ed Cummings went into the 7-11 to get some change to make the transaction.
A police officer noticed a van parked in the parking lot of the 7-11 with
several African Americans inside. As Ed was leaving the 7-11 he noticed
fifteen police cars pulling into the parking lot of the 7-11.
Next thing he knew the police were asking him if they could rifle
through his car. He said no. Moments later as he was talking to a Detective
and noticed another police officer going through his car. He asked the officer
to stop. They did not, in all the police confiscated a few hundred 6.5Mhz
crystals (which he resells for roughly $4 a piece) and a large box of 100
dialers. The police told him they would get back to him, and he could have
his electronics back if the contents of the bag were legal. In the contents
of the seized items was one modified dialer, that a customer returned after
modification explaining that it did not work, a broken red box.
The next day Ed 'Bernie S.' Cummings was over at a friend's house working on
their computer when eight to ten plain clothed armed men burst into the house
and ordered him and his friends to freeze. They cuffed him and took him to a
holding cell. There he was left without a blanket or jacket to
sleep with in the cold cell.
That evening the Secret Service had been called in when someone figured
out what the dialers and crystals would do when put together. The
United States Secret Service found his home and entered it, while they were
questioning him.
The next morning at his arraignment he was finally told of the charges
he was being held upon. They were Two misdemeanor Charges of manufacture,
Distribution and Sale of devices of Telecommunications Fraud. and Two Unlawful
use of a computer charges. His bail was automatically set to $100,000.00 because
Ed Cummings refused talk with the police without his attorney present.
The Secret Service presented to the judge a 9 page inventory of what
they had found in his home. On that inventory there 14 computers. 2 printers.
Boxes of bios chips for the systems he worked with. Eprom burners which the
Federal Agents had labeled 'Cellular telephone chip reprogramming adapters'
Eproms are used in everything from Automobile computers to personal computers.
They also confiscated his toolbox of screw drivers, wire clippers and other
computer oriented tools he used for his consulting job.
The Judge dropped the Two unlawful use of a computer charges due to
the fact that the evidence was circumstantial and the county had no actual
evidence that Ed had ever used the computers in question.
As of 3/29/1995 Ed Cummings is still in Delaware County Prison
awaiting his trial. His trial has not yet been scheduled and Ed will most
likely not raise the One Hundred Thousand Dollars needed to be released on
bail.
If anyone has any questions or comments please direct them to my email box,
due to the sheer width of this post.
Thanks.
Christopher K Neitzert
--
christopher k neitzert neit...@astro.ocis.temple.edu Film and Video Student
InterNetworked Multimedia Design, Implementation and Administration
office: 215.467.3001 Fax:215.467.3412 Service: 215.505.6637
*Coming Soon to this space: Chapel Perilous Project Velcro!*
Support Your Local Free Net!
Linux: Choice of a GNU generation! http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~neitzert
"When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl." -jpb
Finger for PGP2.6 or RIPEM Keys.
Opinions here are not those of Temple University nor my clients.
--
--
christopher k neitzert neit...@astro.ocis.temple.edu Film and Video Student
InterNetworked Multimedia Design, Implementation and Administration
office: 215.467.3001 Fax:215.467.3412 Service: 215.505.6637
*Coming Soon to this space: Chapel Perilous Project Velcro!*
Support Your Local Free Net!
Linux: Choice of a GNU generation! http://astro.ocis.temple.edu/~neitzert
"When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl." -jpb
Finger for PGP2.6 or RIPEM Keys.