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Guilty Plea in AOL Engineer's Address Theft Case

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the doing-the-time dept.

ScentCone writes "Jason Smathers, a former AOL software engineer has pleaded guilty in his theft of 92 million in-house account screen names. He'll be paying $200-400k, and serving a year or two of federal time. Smathers used another employee's account to steal the data, and sold it to a Vegas-based online casino operator. Interestingly, one of the charges was 'interstate transportation of stolen property.'"

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  1. That's federal pound me in the ass prison. by glrotate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesn't seem like such a good idea now does it?

  2. You've got jail! by ShatteredDream · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, couldn't help it...

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  3. 28K for that kind of list? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Smathers told the judge that he accepted $28,000 from someone who wanted to pitch an offshore gambling site to AOL customers

    That guy should have asked for much more than that... like if a casino was short on cash! Omni

  4. Re:Deserved it by ryanjensen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry, they have installment plans for that. Kinda like winning the Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes, but in reverse.

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  5. Later in the prison showers... by leathered · · Score: 3, Funny

    'You've got male!'

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  6. Punished? by ckemp.org · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn, man. The guy deserves a thank you. Those casino sites rock. Really.

  7. Re:For Chrissake, Slashdot by Tatarize · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sshh, dear, don't cause a fuss. I'll have your spam. I love it. I'm having spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam!

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  8. AOL by xmp_phrack · · Score: 3, Funny

    so easy to abuse, no wonder it's number one!