www.nytimes.com Global Trail of an Online Crime Ring www.nytimes.com The Great Cyber Heist 1. How did the authorities catch Gonzalez the first time?
Albert Gonzalez was arrested one day in the month of July 2003. According to www.nytimes.com article “The Great Cyber Heist”. Gonzalez was spotted by an out of uniform officer. The officer had been originally assigned to investigate a rise in car theft occurrences in the upper portion of Manhattan, New York. Gonzalez was not in that line of crime, but was suspicious looking having stringy hair, and a nose ring. The officer followed close behind Gonzalez. Gonzalez led him to an ATM inside of a bank. While pretending to use the machine himself the officer observed Gonzalez using multiple cards one after another. He was arrested, and gave authorities his real name not one of his many aliases, and charged him with fraud. 2. How did the authorities catch Gonzalez the second time?

Albert Gonzalez was supposed to be helping authorities investigate his co-conspirators, be he was still highly involved in the crimes. He was arrested on May 7 at the National Hotel in Miami Beach. The authorities tied him to a man named Makem Yastremskiy. Through the forensic analysis Makem Yastremskiy’s computer was found to hold much need information, the roles of the other participants in his circle. E-mails used under soupnazi@efnet.ru were known to belong to Gonzalez this is what led to his arrest.

3. What types of measures do you think should be taken so that federal, state, and local investigators can catch cybercriminals?
There need to be more people assigned to investigate. Maybe some type of online security measures like an online taskforce designated to these types of infractions solely. Stiffer penalties for the crimes at their minimum would possibly prevent people from becoming involved. Most of the time it’s someone involved with investigating that is the perpetrator, so more background information need to be done on the people involved in these types of investigations.