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Convicted tax fraudster sues CNBC for defamation, says he's not a "hacker"
Daniel Rigmaiden wants the world to know that, while CNBC's American Greed television show may have portrayed him more than two years ago as a "hacker," a "recluse," and more, he is none of those things.
Earlier this year, Rigmaiden sued NBCUniversal, CNBC's parent company, and an Arizona Republic journalist shown in that episode, accusing them all of defamation.
Rigmaiden wants unspecified damages and also a permanent injunction that would stop further distribution of the episode, which is currently available on Amazon Video for $2.99.
Lawyers for CNBC have tried to get the case dismissed, and the two sides will face off in a Miami-Dade County courthouse on Monday, November 19.
In actuality, Rigmaiden is a man convicted of tax fraud who became a privacy activist—he has become something of an icon in surveillance-law nerd circles.
"Plaintiff did not use black-hat computer hacking to steal money from the IRS," he wrote. "Plaintiff used computer software to automate the process of filing fraudulent tax returns and collecting the refunds. The IRS was not hacked by Plaintiff, and Plaintiff otherwise did not use black-hat computer hacking to facilitate the tax-refund fraud scheme."
(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:05PM (5 children)
I agree, but haven't figured out if it's willful or incompetence. Or both.
I've been on tv/in the newspaper four or five times and despite details being explained slowly and clearly, about the only part of the story they seem to get correct is my name.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @06:07PM (1 child)
Similar, but usually they get my name wrong...and about half the time the facts are pretty close.
(Score: 3, Touché) by captain normal on Sunday November 25 2018, @06:42PM
Guess it's pretty hard to spell "Anonymous Coward ".
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Sunday November 25 2018, @06:46PM
https://wordsgoingwild.blogspot.com/2017/03/as-long-as-they-spell-your-name-right.html [blogspot.com]
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by HiThere on Monday November 26 2018, @12:03AM
It's not simple incompetence, but only incompetence about things that won't improve their ratings. I've seen pictures of minor disasters with carefully chosen camera angles to make them seem a lot worse than they actually were. And if the editor considers part of a story boring, he'll demand it either be cut or re-written to be more exciting.
Occasionally there's also intentional bias, but I'm rather convinced that this is usually a minor element.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Monday November 26 2018, @05:32AM
Pretty much what HiThere above said. It is not a conspiracy, although the meaning of conspiracy really depends upon your level of cynicism. But really, there isn't one person who is controlling everything - it is just that large number of people have hidden biases and when they work together to form a society, certain patterns emerge. We can all point out the patterns and try to correct it, figuring out why they are happening via debate or violence, but when a large number of people have their livelihood depend on exploiting these patterns they will fight to preserve it by denying it, stopping or misguiding any attempt to find its root cause etc.
It is a fight all along.
It helps to believe that almost everyone is exactly like you - almost all were born a baby and everyone has reached to its current place, doing the things they are doing, due to circumstances, hard-work and luck - only one of which is in your control.