mosley@peyote.cactus.org (Bob Mosley III) (03/05/90)
This hit most BBS's in the Austin area on Thursday. It's believed the bust came down Wednesday morning. In a nutshell, here's what happened: Wednesday morning, Feb. 28, the offices of Steve Jackson Games, inc., were raided by FBI and Secret Service officials. The establishment was shit down, and all computer systems, including the Illuminati BBS, were confiscated. At that time, a 'retired' member of the LoD, who was identified as 'The Mentor' was arrested. The charges reportedly are related to the recent 911 bust that has shut down joinet and attatc (or whatever Killerused to be called). His home system was confiscated, complete with an entire collection of "Phrack" issues and related paraphanalia. As of this writing, the Mentor is reportedly out on bail, sans system and network connection. The Illuminati BBS is still down, although SJ Games is back in operation, and no charges have been filed against any of the employees other than The Mentor. The systems owned by SJ Games have not been returned as of this writing. Finally, rumors were trickling in early this morning (Saturday, 3/4) that two BBS's in Dallas, three in Houston, and one in San Antonio were busted by the same authorites in relation to the same case. [in light of the Mentor's posted defense of the LoD, I kinda thought you'd like to see this one! - OM]