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Dmitry lawyers push for plea bargain
News Russian computer programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is due to be indicted on Thursday for circumventing the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA), but the prosecution and defence lawyers have revealed plans to negotiate a possible plea bargain.
[August 23, 2001, 12:45]
HP investigator makes plea bargain
News The data broker charged with federal crimes for his role in the HP news-leak probe will testify against other defendants, according to sources close to the case. Bryan Wagner, who was charged with federal identity theft and conspiracy on Wednesday...
[January 12, 2007, 8:05]
'Homeless hacker' lobbies for home detention
News Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker accused of breaking into The New York Times' computer network, is planning to appear in court on Thursday to accept a plea bargain. In a telephone interview on Monday, Lamo said the plea bargain could...
[January 6, 2004, 8:25]
Price-fixing probe detects obstructions
News Alfred Censullo, who until the plea bargain served as Micron's regional sales manager for upstate New York, was charged in US District Court in San Francisco with obstructing justice by altering and concealing documents containing competitor...
[December 18, 2003, 10:10]
Nasa hacker loses extradition appeal
News The Court of Appeal took a dim view of the alleged coercion applied to McKinnon, saying that it "viewed with a degree of distaste the way in which the American authorities are alleged to have approached the plea bargain negotiations" with McKinnon.
[April 3, 2007, 14:16]
Nasa hacker loses Lords appeal against extradition
News The main argument of McKinnon's counsel centred on the 'plea bargain' allegedly offered by the US government, and the wide disparity between what the US government offered McKinnon if he agreed to hand himself over and admit guilt (three to four...
[July 30, 2008, 15:02]
Nasa hacker's fate hangs in balance
News The evidence centred on what was or was not said to McKinnon when he was being offered a plea bargain. More well known in the US, and now also used on an informal basis in the UK, a plea bargain is when the prosecution offers a reduced sentence or...
[February 16, 2007, 12:30]
Lords to consider Nasa hacker appeal
News At the time, the Court of Appeal took a dim view of alleged coercion applied to McKinnon by US prosecutors, saying that it "viewed with a degree of distaste the way in which the American authorities are alleged to have approached the plea bargain...
[August 1, 2007, 12:52]
Excellent points
Talkback The plea-bargain issue is tricky; neither you nor I would find it a hardship, it's true. I think his lawyers and doctors felt that he was under severe risk of self-harm, which is why they refused the plea bargain on his behalf.
[September 9, 2009, 17:12]
Over reacting, Na the guy is actually lucky
Talkback Actually, if the prosecution was over reacting they wouldn't have even made an offer of a plea bargain.
[February 16, 2007, 18:08]
One more thing
Talkback He is crazy for not accepting the plea bargain if it would keep him in the UK. What's up with this serving his time in a UK prison. If the crime was committed in the US then he should serve his time there.
[February 19, 2007, 10:34]
US lawyers 'threatened' Nasa hacker, court hears
News The US had attempted to secure [McKinnon's] voluntary surrender and guilty pleas by plea bargain tactics that were coercive and involved threats regarding the duration of his sentence of imprisonment," Pannick told the Law Lords.
[June 16, 2008, 18:08]
Schindler heads toward life post-Mitnick
News Following Poulsen's capture in Los Angeles, Schindler negotiated a plea bargain that included a 51-month sentence for rigging local radio station contests to win prizes like Porsches and vacations. Under plea bargains with Schindler, the trio...
[October 4, 1999, 8:59]
Hacker Mitnick's happy new year
News But under the terms of his plea bargain, Mitnick is prohibited for seven years from profiting from any sale of his story. Under the terms of a plea agreement, Mitnick has been unable to use a computer, access the Internet or act as a computer...
[December 27, 2002, 9:34]
Spammer looks to cut jail time with guilty plea
News A Detroit-area man is facing at least two years in jail on charges that he sent millions of spam messages over a number of high-profile company networks in violation of the Can-Spam Act. Daniel Lin, of West Bloomfield, along with three other men...
[January 13, 2006, 9:45]
The NASA hacker: Scapegoat or public enemy?
Talkback If he is extradited a lot of diry linnen will be exposed and they may try a plea bargain to cover there problems with fast footwork This is at the point where a lot of U. With this action of extradition to the U.
[July 21, 2005, 19:22]
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Comment It seems odd then that only weeks before Gary McKinnon's case was due to be heard by the Law Lords did the prosecutors put in Afidavits denying that they had threatened Gary McKinnon during negotiations.in order to induce him to accept a plea...
[November 3, 2008, 7:31]
First 'warspamming' case reaches court
News According to reports this week, a plea bargain is being negotiated. A US citizen is thought to have become the first person to be accused of hacking a wireless network in order to send spam. Nicholas Tombros, 37, is charged under the US CAN-SPAM...
[September 7, 2004, 15:15]
The case of the unhappy hacker
News Had he agreed to a plea bargain, he probably could have managed to get off with probation. Mitnick was caught by computer security specialist Tsutomu Shimomura and a huge FBI manhunt; Middleton was simply tripped up by a caller I.D.box.
[May 6, 1999, 16:02]
Gibson: Is McKinnon still here?
Blog Comment The US said it cost $700,000 to repair the alleged damage, and the plea bargain was said to be based on this figure, as opposed to a higher figure which the prosecution believed they could prove if they calculated the damages by taking into...
[November 5, 2008, 17:33]
