How the ‘Original Internet Godfather’ wound up on the FBI’s Most Wanted list

It’s 7am and I’m driving down Hull city centre to pick up Brett Johnson, known in cyberspace by the alias Gollumfun and dubbed the “Original Internet Godfather” by the US Secret Service. Johnson was on the notorious US Most Wanted list in 2006, before being arrested for cybercrime and laundering US$4m. I’ve never met anyone whose name has been on that list, and so our encounter comes with some level of subliminal intimidation. Turns out, he’s both casual and