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Ex-employee of Global Crossing Accused of Threats NewsMax.com WiresLOS ANGELES – An ex-employee of Global Crossing has been arrested for allegedly posting Internet threats against his former colleagues and Los Angeles police officers, as well as posting personal information that made hundreds of individuals vulnerable to identity theft. Steven William Sutcliffe, 41, was arrested in Manchester, N.H., on charges of posting threats on the Internet and transferring the identification of another person with the intent of committing identity theft. Sutcliffe was ordered held without bail in Manchester pending a detention hearing later Thursday. The FBI said that in late 2001, Sutcliffe, a former employee of Global Crossing Development Corp.'s Beverly Hills office, allegedly posted Social Security numbers, dates of birth and home addresses on a Web site along with the names of spouses and even photographs of children and copies of signatures. "At least one Global Crossing employee was the victim of identity theft after this information was made public," the FBI said in a release. Sutcliffe allegedly posted threats against individual employees on his Web site. He also allegedly maintained a separate site in which he posted threats against LAPD officers and "offered general monetary rewards for the killing of law enforcement officers, including bonuses based upon the manner in which the officer was killed." An FBI agent said in an affidavit attached to the complaint that Global Crossing hired Sutcliffe in November 2000 as a contract employee and later as a full-time network technician, and he worked on computers that contained personnel information. He was fired in September 2001 after Global Crossing discovered that he had not revealed a prior criminal conviction on his job application. Global Crossing, a multinational company involved in fiber-optic communications networks, attempted to serve Sutcliffe with a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to force him to remove the personal information from the evilgx.com Web site. The FBI said Sutcliffe allegedly responded by posting the process server's picture on the site along with threats to "personally send you back to the hell from where you came." Sutcliffe's beef with the LAPD apparently began in 1996 when two officers arrested him on an unspecified warrant and again in 1997 when he allegedly interfered with them as they contacted a suspect on the street about an unrelated matter. Sutcliffe allegedly vented his anger at the officers on a Website called killercop.com and posted one of the officers' badge number, work telephone number and the area she patrolled. Copyright 2002 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
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