stenographer encourage: November 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Insurance broker charged with defrauding Tom Hanks

FILE - In this April, 3 ,2012 file photo actor Tom Hanks attends the Revlon Concert for the Rainforest Fund dinner in New York. A Southern California insurance broker was arrested Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, on allegations he overcharged Hanks, musician Andy Summers and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? A Southern California insurance broker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegations he overcharged Tom Hanks, the former guitarist of The Police and others hundreds of thousands of dollars for insurance premiums.

Jerry B. Goldman, who was arrested at his Thousand Oaks home, was released from federal custody on a $25,000 bond posted by his wife, said Stephanie Yonekura-McCaffrey, executive assistant U.S. attorney.

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted Goldman on fraud charges Oct. 30. A call to his public defender, Yasmin Cader, was not immediately returned.

The indictment claims that between 1998 and last year, Goldman overcharged four victims including Hanks and Andy Summers, the former guitarist of The Police, more than $800,000 on insurance policies. He sent the premiums to the insurance companies and kept the overcharged amount, prosecutors claim.

When clients asked Goldman for copies of their insurance policies, he sent them altered copies that didn't disclose the true premium "in order to lull his clients into a false sense of security" and keep them from suing him or seeking criminal prosecution, the indictment charged.

Details weren't released, but the indictment says the term "insurance policies" in the document refers to coverage for everything from cars, property and fine art to flood, fire, earthquakes, worker's compensation and "personal employment practices liability."

Hanks and Summers were identified in the indictment as T.H. and A.S., but prosecutors confirmed their identities. The other alleged victims were identified only as M.W.H. and S.R.

Calls and emails seeking comment from representatives of Hanks and Summers were not immediately returned.

A trial date has been set for Dec. 18.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/4e67281c3f754d0696fbfdee0f3f1469/Article_2012-11-08-US-Celebrities-Insurance-Fraud/id-eee65e5e567547ce858e637511977911

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Digital Forensics: Cracking the secrets of today's technology ...

Manchester, NH?A slick, sunglass wearing detective picks up a cell phone left behind at the crime scene. Within minutes he?s punched a couple buttons, cracked the case and stares off moodily into the sun before delivering a one-liner summing up the past hour of television life.

On TV, digital crimes are solved fast and with seemingly little effort. However, in real life, the work is painstaking and requires skill, patience and insatiable curiosity.

?The whole idea of forensics is whatever you are doing, should be done in manner that will be acceptable at trial, like in court,?? says Jonathan T. Rajewski, Assistant Professor of Computer & Digital Forensics at Champlain College. ?The misconception is ?I?m just going to quickly investigate and present my findings and everything is going to be great like they do in the TV shows.? But the reality is there?s a process you have to follow, a legal process, there?s best practices you have to follow.?

?So while the CSI effect is this great, sexy hook to pull people into the room, there?s really a lot more to it.?

And it?s also a little sexy. After all, these digital detectives are digging for the secrets hiding in plain sight on every electronic device and doohickey available on the market today, while at the same time trying to stay a step ahead of what?s next. And they do all this to protect a business? assets, catch the perp and stop sinister plots.

On Nov. 1, UNH Manchester will share a slew of these insights in a presentation on Digital Forensics from 6-8 p.m. Led by Rajewski , who is also a Computer Forensic Examiner with the Vermont Internet Crimes Task Force in Burlington, Vt., the presentation will cover current trends in computer and digital forensics, cybersecurity, mobile device forensics and malware analysis. At the end of the presentation, Rajewski, will give the audience a chance to play armchair investigators through a ?real-world? cyber investigation demonstrating each of the disciplines discussed in the presentation.

Rajewski is uniquely qualified to deliver this talk, given his experience in both civil and criminal digital forensic investigations and in providing expert written and oral digital forensic testimony. He has served many high profile confidential clients and has worked alongside international and local, state/federal governmental entities. He said he?s hoping the presentation appeals to everyone from local high school students to business leaders to law enforcement.

?I?ll be teaching at a level that non-technical people can appreciate as well as enough to keep technical people engaged,? he said.

Rajewski said he plans to discuss what digital forensics is, how it?s used in cyber investigations by both corporate and government entities, how it can assist human resources investigations and how it?s used in litigation. He will also touch on cell phone forensics, including what can be retrieved and what can?t and privacy issues surrounding digital forensics.

This presentation is part of a series coordinated by the Computing Science Department at UNH Manchester and has been funded by the Saul O Sidore Memorial Foundation. This year?s series focuses on innovations in computing that enhance human capabilities and creative expression, from decoding cybercrimes and national security to resolving buggy software and agile development, to learning with mobile devices and cloud services.

The free and program is open to the public and will be held in the third floor auditorium. For more information visit http://manchester.unh.edu/campuslife/public-programs/advances-computing-technology)

UNH Manchester, the university?s urban campus, is a learning community promoting the growth and success of students, the city and the region. UNH Manchester offers liberal arts and applied science and technology programs with an urban focus. Learn more at www.manchester.unh.edu.

Submitted by UNH
Written by Melanie Plenda, Freelance Writer

Source: http://www.londonderrynh.net/2012/10/digital-forensics-cracking-the-secrets-of-todays-technology/56725

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Musicians: Iran's national orchestra disbanded

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? The Iranian national symphony orchestra has been disbanded for lack of funds, musicians said Monday, another sign of the effects of Western economic sanctions..

Orchestra members told the semiofficial ILNA news agency Monday that they have not rehearsed together and have not been paid for three months.

Arsalan Kamkar, a violinist in the orchestra, told The Associated Press Monday that "only seven or eight members of the orchestra have valid contracts. Unfortunately the rest have not had contracts over the past months, and it seems unlikely their contracts will be extended."

The orchestra was reactivated just last year, after a two-year break.

Another musician, Babak Riahipour, said the orchestra has been suffering from mismanagement, "Nobody cares about its destiny. There is no budget for replacing decades-old instruments. Nobody pays the players enough," he said.

The step is likely tied to heightening economic woes in Iran because of government mismanagement and Western sanctions over Iran's nuclear development program. Another key effect of the sanctions has been the collapse of the Iranian currency.

The West suspects that Iran may be heading toward production of nuclear weapons, imposing the sanctions to persuade Iran to drop its uranium enrichment project. Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes.

Iran's orchestra is one of the oldest in the Middle East, founded in the 1930s. It has hosted performances by world famous musicians like Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern in the past.

The orchestra has had eight different conductors since the 1979 revolution that brought Islamists to power in Iran.

Many hard-line Iranian clerics believe that Western music undermines Islamic values.

Kamkar said the shutdown shows that Iran's rulers are not favorable to the orchestra, because its budget is a "small portion of Iran's income from oil."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/musicians-irans-national-orchestra-disbanded-133557208.html

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Sony goes Red-hunting with PMW-F55 and PMW-F5 pro CineAlta 4K Super 35mm sensor camcorders

Having seen some of its high-end cinema camera thunder stolen by the likes of Red and Arri, Sony has just launched a pair of CineAlta PL-mount cameras with brand new Super 35mm sensors: The PMW-F5 and PMW-F55. Though both pack 4K CMOS imagers, the similarities grind to a halt there -- the higher-end PMW-F55 has a global shutter, wider color gamut and can output 4k along with 2k and HD video, while the PMW-F5 is a strictly 2k and HD model with a rolling shutter. Depending on the level of quality you want, there are several ways to capture video to each camcorder. MPEG-4 H.264 video or Sony's SR MPEG-4 SStP can be recorded onto Sony's new SxS PRO+ media, or if RAW quality is desired, there's the new AXS-R5 Access Memory System for 2K / 4K RAW capture -- which will also work with the current NEX-FS700. Using the latter system, the PMW-F5 is capable of grabbing up to 120fps slow motion RAW HD video, while the PMW-F55 can capture 240fps at 2k, putting it squarely in Epic-X territory. The new camcorders will arrive in February 2013, and while Sony hasn't outed pricing yet, it'll likely be well under the flagship 4k CineAlta F65's formidable $65k sticker. Check the PR after the break to get the entire technical skinny.

Gallery: Sony F5 / F55 pro camcorders