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Teen jailed over ‘Crimebook’ website

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Thursday 03 March 2011 02:31 GMT

A teenager who ran a website trading credit card details has been jailed for five years. Nick Webber, 19, a former public schoolboy, constructed Gh0stMarket.net, a forum described in court as "Crimebook".

It hosted 8,000 members responsible for £16m fraud in 65,000 bank accounts. It also offered lessons in scams.

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