Supreme Court overturns acquittal on counselling offences via the Internet

An Alberta man who sold instructions over the Internet on how to generate valid credit card numbers, how to break into a house, and how to make a bomb, will be back in court on the charge of counselling to commit fraud. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court found that because the accused had read the credit-card generator file and created his own numbers, there was evidence of intent to commit a crime. However, it upheld acquittals on the other charges given the lack of evidence of intent. The court emphasized that what matters is intent, not motive. Globe and Mail story