I saw an article a couple months back about eastern european gangs doing this, they were breaking into accounts and using them to pump up stocks. just found this, <A HREF="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0h.1cofEahk&refer=us" target="_blank">http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a0h.1cofEahk&refer=us</A>