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Pirate Bay Founder Sentenced To Jail

Posted by timothy on from the didn't-you-see-how-michael-nyquist-lived? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gottfrid Swartholm Warg — known also as Anakata — was on June 20th sentenced to two years imprisonment for data breaches and aggravated fraud by the District Court of Nacka in his native Sweden. It is unclear at this time wether the decision will be appealed to a higher court. Prison time in Sweden is generally served for two thirds of the time sentenced, if the person behaves well and the court finds no reason to abstain from the norm. Also, time spent in pre-trial confinement (swe: 'häkte') is deducted from the time sentenced. Warg was arrested in Cambodia in september of 2012, transferred to Sweden and ordered by court to remain in pre-trial confinement from September 14th, 2012."

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  1. If you do the math... by msauve · · Score: 5, Informative

    2/3 of 2 years is 16 months. He's been held for 9 months already, so he has another 7 to go (until Jan 2014).

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    1. Re:If you do the math... by Kiwikwi · · Score: 4, Informative

      2/3 of 2 years is 16 months. He's been held for 9 months already, so he has another 7 to go (until Jan 2014).

      Yeah, and afterwards he's likely going to Denmark, to stand trial there for breaching servers belonging to the Danish police (hosted by the ever-incompetent CSC).

      Remember, he's not serving time for his Pirate Bay involvement (yet?); he's serving time for breaching bank systems and using the access in an attempt to steal millions. Since he was extradited for this case, not the Pirate Bay case, it seems that the Swedish prosecutors actually consider this worse than file sharing. (Who would've thought?)

  2. Re:Look up Sweden's prison pictures on google.... by Peter+Bortas · · Score: 4, Informative

    "And I know outside of Oslo they have an island where you can "go to jail" and just live as normal with a house and stuff."

    You are thinking of Bastøy, Norways possibly both cheapest prison and the one with the lowest reoffending rate: ~15%.

  3. Re:And yet TPB lives by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    So hacking a bank isn't a sufficient excuse to prosecute someone?

    Unless you're stating that he's been framed, I'd say hacking a bank would probably get you arrested no matter who you are, TPB or not. In this case, I'd say that it was merely icing on the cake for those who care about TPB.

  4. Re:Look up Sweden's prison pictures on google.... by a.d.trick · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, jail is useless if it does not rehabilitate its convicts and keep them from re-offending. Punishment often helps to that end but it is not the same thing.