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Something About This Email Message Doesn’t Sound Right

Beware the email message from the Nigerian prince, especially if he's writing from the superintendent's office on an AOL account. A Nigerian national who came to the United States on a 16-day visitor's visa and never left has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after hacking the school district in Glastonbury, Connecticut and collecting the W-2 financial information of 1,600 employees. He was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer t

Beware the email message from the Nigerian prince, especially if he's writing from the superintendent's office on an AOL account. A Nigerian national who came to the United States on a 16-day visitor's visa and never left has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of wire fraud and aggravated identity theft after hacking the school district in Glastonbury, Connecticut and collecting the W-2 financial information of 1,600 employees. He was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer t…