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  • 'Swatters' Trick AT&T, Make Fake 911 Calls

    11/22/2007 12:24:23 PM PST · by BGHater · 15 replies · 168+ views
    IDG News Service ^ | 21 Nov 2007 | Robert McMillan
    A Cleveland, Ohio man has pled guilty to participating in a scheme that involved using AT&T employee passwords and identities to place false 911 calls to emergency dispatch centers. Stuart Rosoff is facing as much as five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges of harassing people by tricking 911 operators into dispatching police SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) teams to the homes of their unsuspecting victims. Rosoff was part of a group of about 15 to 20 people who met in chat rooms and telephone party lines to exchange information on how to conduct...