> I guess the ex-admin wants to work in manual labor or fast food You'd be surprised. I did something somewhat similar and was convicted of a federal felony. No fast food place or retailer would touch me with that…
Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range. The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-like charts and calculations used to…
Then there's no criminal intent (mens rea) and the law doesn't apply.
> I'd be very curious to hear what went on there on the people side of things. It's important to study that in these cases. I was convicted in a similar case and am actually a chapter in a CERT book, but they never…
US Code 1030(a)(5)(A) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Edit: He plead to I think a single count of the following 18:1030(a)(5)(A) and 18:1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(I) and (B)…
I have a federal felony conviction, for nearly the same exact offense that Jason is being charged with. I've worked for several software companies since my conviction, before starting my own. It definitely doesn't end…
Sometimes they prosecute these cases just to gain experience in prosecuting them.
It's hard to believe now, but some day this will all fade. I go days and weeks without even remembering that I'm a convicted federal felon. Today I only really think about it when I'm volunteering somewhere and it's…
I originally did mine through a church where the pastor was a former IT guy. Spent a lot of time doing his website, cabling, etc. Then the probation office (or at least my officer) changed their policy and I had to do…
I believe he got almost exactly what I got: six months "imprisonment" (served as home detention), five years probation, restitution ($9,000-ish for him), 100 hours of community service, and a few assorted court and…
Well he was kind of railroaded by a law that sucks. $9,000 in damages by planting 3 files on a website? Worse, it's impossible to argue intent / mens rea in these cases. It doesn't matter if your intent was to cause no…
I was going to suggest that you do some SEO work on your name but I don't know if it's possible to bury all that news coverage. I was able to bury mine with a mountain of other content but yours got more coverage.…
I should also add that I've been amazed by the number of gainfully employed people I've met that have felony convictions. It's a lot more common than you'd think. I even have two friends with vehicle-related homicide…
Do you still have to provide all of your email addresses to your PO every month? That sucked, especially on a hand-written form.
Flickr has a massive amount of hardcore jpgs. That's where a lot of the images posted on Tumblr come from. Flickr just does a decent job of hiding it from the average user. Here is a good (and mostly SFW as far as…
I can "ditto" most of that. I've had a federal felony conviction for computer fraud (against an ex-employer) for over 10 years now and have been employed for most of that time. I was terminated as soon as my case hit…
I believe your bigger issue is that some countries won't allow some convicted felons to enter - particularly Canada.
Which is why congress inserted a mandatory minimum 6 month prison term for some 1030 offenses and why they keep pushing for more. http://www.volokh.com/2011/05/24/congress-considers-increasi...
Well, I don't pin a lot of Amazon links, but I make a bit from the ones I have pinned. I grind out about $200 a month now mostly from other affiliate programs and I'm not really trying. It's a side income that I keep…
Well 1030(a) violations didn't used to have a mandatory minimum sentence, but they got added after congress was afraid Kevin Mitnick could launch nuclear missiles from a pay phone. When I was charged with a 1030(a)…
I'm a convicted federal felon. To top it off, it's a computer fraud conviction involving a former employer. I used to think I'd never even be able to flip burgers for pay. I'm actually probably right - McDonalds would…
> I guess the ex-admin wants to work in manual labor or fast food You'd be surprised. I did something somewhat similar and was convicted of a federal felony. No fast food place or retailer would touch me with that…
Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range. The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-like charts and calculations used to…
Then there's no criminal intent (mens rea) and the law doesn't apply.
> I'd be very curious to hear what went on there on the people side of things. It's important to study that in these cases. I was convicted in a similar case and am actually a chapter in a CERT book, but they never…
US Code 1030(a)(5)(A) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Edit: He plead to I think a single count of the following 18:1030(a)(5)(A) and 18:1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(I) and (B)…
I have a federal felony conviction, for nearly the same exact offense that Jason is being charged with. I've worked for several software companies since my conviction, before starting my own. It definitely doesn't end…
Sometimes they prosecute these cases just to gain experience in prosecuting them.
It's hard to believe now, but some day this will all fade. I go days and weeks without even remembering that I'm a convicted federal felon. Today I only really think about it when I'm volunteering somewhere and it's…
I originally did mine through a church where the pastor was a former IT guy. Spent a lot of time doing his website, cabling, etc. Then the probation office (or at least my officer) changed their policy and I had to do…
I believe he got almost exactly what I got: six months "imprisonment" (served as home detention), five years probation, restitution ($9,000-ish for him), 100 hours of community service, and a few assorted court and…
Well he was kind of railroaded by a law that sucks. $9,000 in damages by planting 3 files on a website? Worse, it's impossible to argue intent / mens rea in these cases. It doesn't matter if your intent was to cause no…
I was going to suggest that you do some SEO work on your name but I don't know if it's possible to bury all that news coverage. I was able to bury mine with a mountain of other content but yours got more coverage.…
I should also add that I've been amazed by the number of gainfully employed people I've met that have felony convictions. It's a lot more common than you'd think. I even have two friends with vehicle-related homicide…
Do you still have to provide all of your email addresses to your PO every month? That sucked, especially on a hand-written form.
Flickr has a massive amount of hardcore jpgs. That's where a lot of the images posted on Tumblr come from. Flickr just does a decent job of hiding it from the average user. Here is a good (and mostly SFW as far as…
I can "ditto" most of that. I've had a federal felony conviction for computer fraud (against an ex-employer) for over 10 years now and have been employed for most of that time. I was terminated as soon as my case hit…
I believe your bigger issue is that some countries won't allow some convicted felons to enter - particularly Canada.
Which is why congress inserted a mandatory minimum 6 month prison term for some 1030 offenses and why they keep pushing for more. http://www.volokh.com/2011/05/24/congress-considers-increasi...
Well, I don't pin a lot of Amazon links, but I make a bit from the ones I have pinned. I grind out about $200 a month now mostly from other affiliate programs and I'm not really trying. It's a side income that I keep…
Well 1030(a) violations didn't used to have a mandatory minimum sentence, but they got added after congress was afraid Kevin Mitnick could launch nuclear missiles from a pay phone. When I was charged with a 1030(a)…
I'm a convicted federal felon. To top it off, it's a computer fraud conviction involving a former employer. I used to think I'd never even be able to flip burgers for pay. I'm actually probably right - McDonalds would…