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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-am-not-that-kind-of-crook dept.

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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."


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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:31PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:31PM (#766279) Journal

    For the rest of them my point was we are manipulated at a scale that is quite breathtaking. I am not giving up my bacon or stop recycling. That is how well this stuff works. Even though I know it is fake I want it that way.

    Why do you "want" those two things that way? Isn't it rather that you like the taste of bacon (and want things that taste good?) and appreciate the theoretical good of recycling (to conserve resources so that more can be done with those resources with less impact to the environment, and thus, want something that you think will do that)?

    Propaganda can be a powerful addition to an existing thing, but it doesn't have in itself. No amount of propaganda is going to turn cardboard into a tasty meal.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:27PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:27PM (#766308) Journal

    No amount of propaganda is going to turn cardboard into a tasty meal.

    Some mushrooms may [instructables.com]

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