Inmate Walks Free After Emailing Release Instructions to Prison Staff
An inmate who was in prison for multiple charges of fraud is apparently up to his old tricks. Posing as a senior court clerk, Neil Moore, 28, used an illicit mobile phone to email fake bail instructions to prison staff, who released him. Well, that's embarrassing.
Moore was being held at Wandsworth Prison in the UK for persuading organizations to give him nearly 3 million US dollars, by posing as staff from Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank and Santander. In his most recent deception, which a trial judge describes as "ingenious," Moore set up a fake web domain closely resembling that of the court service's official address. He used it to email the prison's custody inbox with instructions for his release. The deception was uncovered three days later, when solicitors went to interview Moore, only to find him gone.
Apparently, Moore felt guilty about his latest, because he surrendered himself only three days after he was discovered missing. He'll be sentenced on April 20th for 8 counts of fraud and one count of escape. For his next trick, Moore will spend 20 years tunneling himself out with a rock hammer. [BBC News via Slashdot]
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Why does any prisoner ever have access to a "illicit mobile phone" if it is not with the support of the employees of the jail. They need to investigate and prosecute all involved that allow any contraband into the facility. Lock this shit down.
Prisoners sneak things into prisons all the time, including phones. Supplying a phone to an inmate is a felony. Don't assume staff is complicit; if the guy was smart enough to pull off this scam, he's more than smart enough to acquire and hide a phone.
They are 'complicit' in not doing their job. The very idea that they 'sneak things in all the time' is a travesty. Its a prison not 10th grade class.
there is no prison on earth that doesn't have a smuggling problem. comes with the territory.
Uh, do you not understand smuggling?
Just to be clear, the English definition of Solicitor is akin to a lawyer who specializes in paperwork?
Am I on the right track with that?
I can't imagine a group of female college students waltzing into a prison to sign him up as a clean energy advocate.. or Jehovah's Witnesses either..
It's quite a bit more complicated than that. To be honest, even after reading this article, I still don't fully understand, but it should help:
As I understand it, solicitors are primarily litigators, involved in dealing directly with clients, while barristers are advocates, involved with actual court proceedings.
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