SA cracker or crook?

Picked this one up that shows the dark side of the Internet. This guy has two previous convictions, one of diamond smuggling and another of fraud, so clearly not much of a geek. Just shows! Are Hackers geeks? Know what a cracker is? As written by Lee Rondganger as published on iol, 26 October 2006 at 07h39 Police pounce on alleged cyber crook (Thanks Lee, for not using the wrong word).