In the dock alongside Renukanth Subramaniam was 66 year old John McHugh, known online as 'Devilman'. McHugh was sentenced to 2 years of rigorous prison.
The trial is the latest stage in an international investigation by SOCA, the FBI and the USSS. So far 5 people have been charged in the UK, and there have been around 60 arrests around the world.
Key to the case against Subramaniam and McHugh was proving the link between the individuals and the virtual personas of JiLsi and Devilman.
Andy Auld of SOCA's E-crime team has rightfully said: “The legal system doesn’t work against nicknames and email addresses. It works against real names and real addresses”.
As Sharon Lemon, Deputy Director of SOCA has commented about the financial investigation that is now underway into the money these men made from their crimes. He believes that Subramaniam suffered a personal loss of £100,000 in one go linked to deals on a single lost memory stick. SOCA is also determined to recover what it can from them.
