Do you know what your teenager is doing?
From Homeland Security News Wire:
Florida teenager faces bioterrorism charges
24 January 2014
Jesse Korff, 19, of Labelle, Florida is facing federal charges in New
Jersey for selling poison through a black marketplace on the underground
Internet. Law enforcement says from November 2013 through 15 January
this year, Korff produced, stockpiled, and sold abrin for use as a
weapon. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
considers abrin, which is extracted from the seeds of the rosary pea
plant, a subset of biological agents and toxins posing a threat to
public health and safety. Small doses of abrin are potentially lethal to
humans if ingested, inhaled, or injected.
“The criminal complaint alleges Jesse Korff was willing to sell a potentially deadly toxin to a stranger over the Internet,” U.S.
Attorney Paul Fishman said in a statement. “He allegedly peddled the
poison on a virtual black market of illegal and dangerous goods, hidden
in the shadow of a secretive computer network favored
by cybercriminals.”
“We’re talking basically a biohazard type situation,” Special Agent Dave Couvertier, with the FBI’s Tampa office, said. “Potentially a weapon of mass destruction, depending on how you utilize it.”...
