Tag: crime
A Japanese man was sent to prison for making guns with a 3d printer
by Augusto Llull (9th grade)
A 28 year old Japanese man was send to prison with a term of two years, for making two pistols at home with a three-dimensional printer.
After his arrest Yoshitomo Imura admitted the facts, and said he knew his actions were illegal.
Shortly before his arrest, Imura posted online a video showing the weapons he created with his 3D printer, which quickly alerted the police.
3D printers create objects made of plastic or other materials with data provided by a computer.
In Japan, models for the general public are sold from about $ 575.
Illegal BIP Charges in Chile
By Cristóbal Bofill (9th grade)
One of the most recent events in our country, Chile, is illegal publish transportation card charges.
It was found out that people were getting money into their BIP cards without actually paying money.
Pablo Pizarro was the person that did this, he created an app in Android were you could type an amount of money and the code of your BIP and it would credit the money onto the card.
The government reacted quickly to this problem and blocked nearly 20 thousand BIP cards, most of them being student cards for college students.
Even though this wasn’t an actual crime, the government is now declaring it an informatics crime and Pablo Pizarro is now a criminal being chased by the law.
See the complete articles here: http://www.latercera.com/noticia/nacional/2014/10/680-601698-9-caso-carga-ilegal-de-tarjetas-bip-pretenden-individualizar-gran-cantidad-de.shtml
4 police officers attacked in New York
by Clemente O’Ryan (9th grade)
On Friday, October 24, a man attacked four police officers in New York City. The man has not been recognized yet.
Two of the police officers are injured, one of them was stroked in the head and the another one was attacked in the arm, they are completely safe, no vital risk.
For more information go to: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/23/us/new-york-police-attacked/index.html?hpt=hp_t2