|Cement City Busted!



                     Downloaded From Down And Out.

At  15:00  hours  on saturday, i was visited by a couple of FAST & ELSPA
reps, 2 policemen and 1 plain clothed detective.  they produced a signed
search  warrant to confiscate any equipment relating to the running of a
pirate bulletin board.

Within  30  minutes  they  had rounded up all of my hardware, which must
total several thousand pounds worth now!!

The  bust was not related to PBX abuse as i dont use them, it was purely
for  the  running of Cement City BBS!!  but they did enquire about calls
made TO my numbers via fraudulent use of PBX's.

Anyway,  i  have written this file at a mate's house.  i have NONE of my
equipment  at  home now, they have taken it all, what a fucking waste of
my money.

The  ironic  part  is; that i was listening to a police radio scanner at
the  time,  and i could hear them preparing for the raid on my house.  i
just did not have time to hide anything, all i could do was sit and wait
for the knock.

I  dont  know if i will be able to come back online for quite some time.
but if i do, it WILL be a PD BBS only!

thanks to the users, it was fun while it lasted.


           MDR / Ex- Cement City


PS.  I *KNOW* THIS WAS FIREFLASH THAT GRASSED ME UP.  ANYONE ELSE
     WHO HAS CONNECTIONS WITH THIS WANKER, BE WARNED!!!  I WILL
     NOT HESITATE TO INFORM THE POLICE ETC ABOUT ALL OF SIMON'S
     PBX, CC AND BBS ACTIVITIES.



   YOU ARE ADVISED NOT TO ATTEMPT TO CALL THE CCITY NUMBERS!
   I AM NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH MY HARDWARE OR PHONE
   NUMBERS - THEY COULD BE CREATING ANOTHER TRAP.  CALL AT YOUR
   RISK...