Mark Strauss Edit

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1. 1. The Harvard Crimson Online :: News

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   Published on: 11/5/2002   Last Visited: 11/5/2002

   Mark L. Strauss, 24, of Mesa, Arizona, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young to one felony count of mail fraud, according to U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan.
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   On March 20, Kelleher, in plain clothes, met the seller, who turned out to be Strauss, and ascertained that the computer in question was the missing one from the Chemistry department.
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   Strauss was then arrested and arraigned in Cambridge District Court the following day.
   
   According to MIT, police obtained a search warrant for Strauss' room in the Zeta Psi fraternity on Mass. Ave. and seized $30,000-$40,000 worth of computers and computer equipment, which police allege Strauss had been selling on eBay.
   
   According to Zeta Psi's president, Matthew D. Aichele, Strauss was deregistered from the fraternity soon after he was charged with the theft.
   
   Strauss, a member of MIT's Class of 2002, was not registered for the spring term earlier this year and he now attends Arizona State University (ASU).
   
   Administrators at ASU's admissions office said that they were not aware of Strauss' theft case before his application to ASU, and they refused to comment on whether Strauss will be forced to withdraw from the college due to his plea.
   
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   Strauss could face a maximum penalty of five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine and restitution to MIT.
   
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2. 2. Today's News

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   Published on: 10/29/2002   Last Visited: 10/29/2002

   United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth R. Jones, Postal Inspector in Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service in New England, announced that MARK L. STRAUSS, age 24, of Mesa, Arizona, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge William G. Young to one felony count of mail fraud.
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   STRAUSS then sold the items via the internet auction site, eBay.
   
   STRAUSS is no longer attending MIT. He is now a student at Arizona State University.
   
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   STRAUSS faces a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, to be followed by a 3 years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and restitution to MIT.
   
   This case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, with the assistance of the MIT Police and the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office.