Police put Compusys on the case

Reseller Compusys, in collaboration with Intel, played a part in helping the National Hi-Tech Crime

Unit (NHTCU) catch two cyber criminals, who were convicted last month for phishing.

Douglas Havard, 24, and Lee Elwood, 25, are serving six- and four- year sentences respectively, after being found guilty of committing fraud by using credit-card numbers distributed over the internet.

Russian scammers phished credit-card owners into revealing their details, and gave this information to Havard and Elwood in return for 60 per cent of any cash they made from counterfeiting cards.

Gordon Davies, commercial director at Compusys, said: “For the past two years we have been equipping police in the NHTCU with the technology to combat the growth of computer crime. Our technology and solutions played a key part in catching these two criminals.”

Compusys not only provides the Intel technology, but also trains police on how to use the equipment. “It is an ongoing relationship because every time we provide them with a solution, a better bunch of criminals come along so we have to come up with something else,” said Davies.

The Avon and Somerset NHTCU was the first unit to adopt the Compusys ProManaged-based solutions. Since then Compusys has worked with more than 30 crime units across the UK. “To date, the NHTCU has spent about £4m with Compusys,” said Davies.

John Bainbridge, Intel’s UK and Ireland local OEM distribution and reseller manager, said: “Compusys has implemented Intel’s Xeon server and workstation technology and high-end Pentium 4 desktop clients at the NHTCU over the past two years.”