Tony ColstonHayter Brighton fraud machine maker jailed BBC News


'Acid House King' Tony ColstonHayter jailed for cyber bank heist Daily Mail Online

Tony Colston-Hayter, one of the chief organizers of acid house raves in the late 1980s, was this April sentenced to five and a half years in prison for his involvement in attempts to hack Barclays and Santader banks. When I went to a court hearing ahead of the trial earlier this year, I spoke briefly with Colston-Hayter's sister.


Exrave organiser known as 'Acid House King' is jailed for stealing post from trends now

Tony Colston-Hayter, 48, threw Acid House raves in the Home Counties which sparked controversy in the late 1980s. He led the gang which used a "Trojan horse" device to hijack computers at branches.


Tony ColstonHayter Brighton fraud machine maker jailed BBC News

Tony Colston-Hayter: the acid house fraudster Tony Colston-Hayter first achieved tabloid infamy as the Mr Big of illegal rave. Now he has pleaded guilty to masterminding the hi-tech theft of.


'Acid House King' Tony ColstonHayter jailed for cyber bank heist Daily Mail Online

Tony Colston-Hayter (born December 1965) is a former British acid house party promoter who was active in the late 1980s and was later convicted for theft and fraud offences. Colston-Hayter played video games as a child and set up three businesses in that sector whilst still at school.


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Tony Colston-Hayter (born December 1965) is a former British acid house party promoter who was active in the late 1980s and was later convicted for theft and fraud offences. Colston-Hayter played video games as a child and set up three businesses in that sector whilst still at school.


Cyber gang leader Tony ColstonHayter jailed for bank scam BBC News

Tony Colston-Hayter, 48, who has been jailed for five and a half yearsCredit: Photo: PA. A man dubbed the 'Acid House King' who organised some of Britain's most infamous all night raves, has.


‘Acid House King’ Tony ColstonHayter sentenced for £1.25m cyber scam at Swiss Cottage Barclays

53-year-old Tony Muldowney-Colston, also known as Tony Colston-Hayter, was charged in October for stealing £500,000 from bank accounts after convincing people that he was their banking provider, said the Metropolitan Police. He used a machine with a Barclays card reader mounted on crudely arranged electronic equipment.


Exrave organiser the 'Acid House King' whose homebuilt fraud machine stole £500k... LBC

In August 1988, an ambitious young promoter called Tony Colston-Hayter hosted a new kind of rave at Wembley Studios, called Apocalypse Now. For some of the more idealistic, early devotees, the.


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Tony Colston-Hayter (born December 1965) is a former British acid house party promoter who was active in the late 1980s and was later convicted for theft and fraud offences. Colston-Hayter played video games as a child and set up three businesses in that sector whilst still at school. He afterwards became a professional gambler, claiming to be the second-most successful blackjack player in the.


'Acid House King' Tony ColstonHayter jailed for cyber bank heist Daily Mail Online

Tony Colston-Hayter, 48, led the gang which used a "Trojan horse" device to hijack computers at branches of Barclays and Santander. They also stole credit and bank card details from about one.


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Tony Colston-Hayter, 57, appeared in court after he was caught "stuffing" white paper envelopes from letterboxes into a rucksack, post which prosecutors claimed was then exchanged for drugs. It's the latest in a string of convictions, spanning the fields of cyber-security, deception and fraud.


'Acid House King' Tony ColstonHayter jailed for cyber bank heist Daily Mail Online

By the end of summer, entrepreneur and Shoom regular Tony Colston-Hayter would take the acid house from the clubs to larger parties in English fields and film studios, turning the Ibiza insiders.


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Tony Colston-Hayter, 53, used the machine to trick people into thinking he was their banking provider. The Met Police said Colston-Hayter, also known as Tony Muldowney-Colston, had.


Tony ColstonHayter Brighton fraud machine maker jailed BBC News

Tony Colston-Hayter and Sunrise [ edit] In the late 1980s, Tony Colston-Hayter teamed up with Roger Goodman, [2] [3] to organise a number of club nights masquerading as private parties with names such as Apocalypse Now.


'Acid House King' Tony ColstonHayter jailed for cyber bank heist Daily Mail Online

Tony Colston-Hayter, 48, formerly dubbed the Acid House King, is facing years in prison for masterminding a cyber gang which stole £1.25million from a Barclays branch in Swiss Cottage, North London.


Cyber gang leader Tony ColstonHayter jailed for bank scam BBC News

Depending on who you ask, Tony Colston-Hayter was either a pioneer of the British rave scene or the scourge of Middle England. In the late 1980s he was dubbed "Acid's Mr Big" for his running.

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