Slideshow: I Was a Cybercrook for the FBI

credit Photo: David R. ThomasSince his work with TheGrifters ended, Thomas says he’s trying to rebuild his life away from crime and develop relationships with people in the offline world. He’s enrolled in a college journalism program and hopes eventually to work in radio or TV production. He says he tries to keep busy to […]


credit Photo: David R. Thomas

Since his work with TheGrifters ended, Thomas says he’s trying to rebuild his life away from crime and develop relationships with people in the offline world. He’s enrolled in a college journalism program and hopes eventually to work in radio or TV production. He says he tries to keep busy to avoid the siren’s call of the carding boards.

credit Photo: David R. Thomas
David Thomas loves movies. He took his online nickname – "El Mariachi" – from a Hollywood flick, and his conversation is occasionally peppered with dialogue from Scarface and other favorite films. He says he once legally changed his name to "Darius Jedburgh," a character from a popular old BBC miniseries called Edge of Darkness. In the series, Jedburgh is a CIA operative from Texas.