European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 6 the stars and stripes monday june 13, 1977 agents earn of dig computer fraud Fri gears for crime of the future Philadelphia a the Fri. Concerned about the potential for an increase in sophisticated White Collar crime through the use of computers and modern technology is training agents to fight the crime of the six months ago four agents with Back grounds in computers or accounting were sent to a four week course set up by the Fri at the Quantico Marine base. A. The agents form the nucleus of the new com Puter fraud Section in the local Fri office. Computers Are everywhere. And unlike a Bank robbery computer Frau could be going on anywhere and we Don t know it unless it s said Mike Boyle agent who has been placed in charge of the new fraud general Public and Law enforce ment officials Don t have any idea what s going on he said in an interview. Last thursday Federal indictments were returned against two suburban Phil Adelphia computer programming managers for Sperry in vac a result of the unit s investigation and newly gained understand ing. The programmers the indictments alleged used Sperry uni vac s computers to run a music arranging business. Although agents could get direct Evi Dence of the scheme by having the computer print out the Clandestine instructions Given to the machines there is no Federal statute covering theft of computer time. So prosecutors charged the men with mail fraud for advertising services provided by their alleged men had developed a computer pro Gram to turn out sophisticated orchestral arrangements and also had the Sperry machines do their Billing and record keeping the indictments charge. Agents were Able to talk to the people at Sperry without an interpreter a year ago we would have said what " Boyle s the crime of the future he went on. We re not talking about some eighth Grade dropout we re dealing with some of the Best minds you will find in the compute get smart actor weds comedian Don Adams portrayed of the bumbling secret agent Maxwell Martin the television series get smart embraces his Bride Michelle Judy Luciano after their wedding at the Bel air hotel in los Angeles. It was the third marriage for Adams and the first for Luciano. Up sniper Bullet gives her close Brush with death Havre de Grace. My. A Bertha Lowe caught a Bullet in her Teeth saturday and i ived to talk about it. Mrs. Lowe was Riding in a bus when a sniper s Bullet pierced the window and struck her in the lower lip and was stopped by her Teeth according to Maryland state could have been fatally wounded according to investigators if her Mouth had been open when the Bullet struck. Lowe 54, was treated at Harford memo rial Hospital Here and to Maryland state police a sniper fired at the charter bus carrying 49 Tunis Libya go to court Tunis up Tunisia and Libya have signed a request to the International court in the Hague to arbitrate their nine year dispute Over an Oil Rich Continental shelf off their coasts. People As it headed South on the Kennedy expressway near Here. The passengers were members of a senior citizens group travelling from new York City to a Bowling tournament in Greensboro n c. State police spokesman William Clark reported that eight 22-caliber bullets struck the bus As u approached the Chapel Road overpass on interstate 95. The bullets entered the bus through the roof and other passengers were injured by flying Glass. They were identified As mrs. Lowe s husband Richard. 74, and John Morrishow 46, an escort with the group. The charter bus owned by the while bus co. Of East Orange. . Was disabled when the Driver shifted gears abruptly damaging the transmission according to group continued the trip several hours later when a second bus arrived. Police reported that there were no motives or suspects in the Case. Or and engineering Fields. Now it s Only people in the Field who have the knowledge but it s Only a matter of time until organized crime recognizes the he said. The most common computer fraud is when someone Seta up a Dummy account and has checks sent out he said. Other Likely areas include pension funds inventories and insurance policies. One Man had his firm s computer print out a list of 290,000 customers which he then tried to sell to a competitor. We just Are starting to scratch the surface. But i think we be turned the Comer now we know where to Start looking for answers said Boyle. Stateside Kennedy backs delay on saccharin ban Washington a sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., has endorsed a pro posed 18-month delay in the government s proposed ban on saccharin but Only if the delay is accompanied by cigarette Type warnings and strict limitations on Adver Tising. Such a delay would allow time for More thorough study and possible revision of Laws he said. New yorker reported in line to head Voa Washington up new York radio station owner r. Peter Straus is inline to become director of the voice of America the Washington Post reported. Straus is owner of Mca in new York and Bead of a group of investors that Pur chased the literary cultural Magazine sat urday review earlier this year. A Liberal Democrat be served in the administration of president Lyndon b. John son As chief of the Agency Tor International development s african Bureau he u expected to succeed Kenneth r. Giddens a former radio to station owner from Alabama who was considered a conservative in the cold War tradition the Post said. The newspaper cited informed sources As saying Straus s selection was subject Only to routine Security clearance and. Checks to make sore conflicts of interest Are avoided. Rare thracian Art exhibited in new York City new York up americans Are getting their first and Only Chance to see ancient Gold treasures of the thracian civilization gathered from 26 bulgarian museums at an exhibition at the metropolitan museum of Art. The loan show from Bulgaria already has been nailed As the most dazzling since the soviet Union s exhibition of scythian Gold objects in visits to Paris London Moscow Vienna and Havana. The exhibition will move on to Canada and Japan after closing at the metropolitan sept. 4. Thracian Art is the least known of All ancient Art which came under greek and persian influence. Bulgaria escaped the attention of archaeologists during the great Era of excava Tion in the first half of this Century and most of the objects on exhibit have been freed from burial Mounds Only since world War ii some As recently As two years ago. A change of presidents and no tanks in sight has muddled through one crisis after so other without changing our form of he said what impressed him most about Nixon s resignation was that As one presi Dent was leaving office and another coming in not one tank nor one Helra eted Weldler was on the Street. Over 200 minion people saw the change of presidents overnight and not one Bayo net was unsheathed be said. Bowling Green Ohio up columnist Art Buchwald saturday said be was impressed that three years ago the nation changed presidents overnight with no Mili tary involvement. Addressing the graduates of Bowling Green stale University Buchwald said a country that can do that can t be All no matter what you read in the news papers or see on to i think we will nuke it be said. For 200 years our country judge won t restrict press in Polanski trial Santa Monica. Calif. A the judge in the roman Polanski Case has re fused to limit press coverage of the director s rape arid drug trial saying he has deep respect for the responsibilities of the Superior court judge Laurence j. Rittenband announced his decision after a Pri vate conference with prosecution and defense attorneys. Polanski s attorney complained about publicity surrounding the 43-year-old director s indictment and Pretria hearings on charges of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. 2nd phase of space shuttle test to Start Edwards fab Calif. A the second part of flight testing of the space shuttle expected to begin ferry missions into Earth orbit in 1980, will begin Friday when a Crew will ride in the Craft for the first time. The shuttle will still ride on too of b jumbo Jet Carrier throughout the test
