Teen 'Mastermind' Behind the Great Twitter Hack Sentenced To Three Years in Prison (theverge.com) 62
Teenage Twitter hacker Graham Ivan Clark has pleaded guilty to last summer's unprecedented bitcoin scam attack that involved the takeover of dozens of high-profile accounts on the social network, according to paperwork filed in Florida court on Tuesday. Clark, who was 17 when accused of leading the scam, will spend three years in prison as part of his plea deal. The Tampa Bay Times reported the news on Tuesday. From a report: Clark has already been credited with 229 days of time served since his arrest last summer. As part of the deal, Clark is also being sentenced as a "youthful offender," which lessened his prison time and also opens up the possibility that he can serve some of his sentence at a boot camp, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Clark will also be banned from using computers without permission and without supervision from law enforcement.
He should have incorporated (Score:3)
He should have incorporated first to limit his liability. /s
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They got an youthful offender vs an hardcore offender
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But had he incorporated, the corporation would have gotten a fine approximating 10% of the take and a sternly worded letter. Once the 10% was paid the whole incident would have been completely forgotten.
Re: He should have incorporated (Score:1)
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People work at corporations. If they break the law, they go to jail. You can only fine a corp for law breaking since it is just a legal entity so my guess would be that prosecutors frequently go that route because it is easier than trying to work out which individuals to prosecute.
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How about a death penalty for corps that really mess up? Liquidate everything and nobody connected with upper management can bid on the pieces.
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If it is that bad, there should be plenty of people to hit with criminal charges.
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This is to make sure those who managed to weasel out of culpability can't benefit.
Could have been a lot worse (Score:2)
Nice stash (Score:2)
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You mean like this guy who lost to the Doge coin scam [bbc.com]?
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Hope he was able to silently stash the BT from his heist somewhere safe, so that he can retire with that money in 20 years
In 20 years time, something will have happened to destroy the value of bitcoin.
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No way it'll happen (Score:2)
The feds will be monitoring his activity on the blockchain and will hammer the hell out of him if he tries to recover the proceeds of his crime.
Re: No way it'll happen (Score:1)
All he has to do is leave the US and go live pretty much anywhere else on the planet. Then recover his bitcoins and live like a king for the rest of his life.
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229 days in jail between arrest and sentence (Score:5, Insightful)
Hundreds of people who violently broke into the US Capitol with the express intent of interfering with a constitutionally mandated process have been arrested. Only a vanishingly small number of them have been placed in custody so far. Even some who are accused of being ring leaders are free on bail or their own recognizance.
So who is more dangerous? Violent seditionist or a dumb kid who pushed cryptocurrency on the accounts of some famous names?
Even when they attack lawful governance, right wingnuts get kid glove treatment. They are a privileged class and rarely suffer consequences from their wretched behavior.
If any one of them gets a three year sentence I'll be shocked. Most will get a slap on the wrist and end up with a suspended sentence. If they keep out of trouble it will be like it never happened. So much for equality before the law.
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I don't think the bail bonds man takes bitcoin.
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Some of those famous names were politicians, mind you.
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Re:229 days in jail between arrest and sentence (Score:5, Informative)
none of the lowlife inside the capital had guns,
Where are you getting your news? They did indeed have many weapons including guns. Here are the pictures.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17... [cnn.com]
And there were also TWO pipe bombs placed on the outside grounds.
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The fallacy that the insurrectionists were unarmed seems to be the latest "alternative fact" being promulgated by members of the far right.
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The rioters inside the building did not have guns. That is absolute fact. What fake news source are you using? You are the one with alternative facts.
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There are no pictures there of any rioters in the building with guns. You are wrong. You lose the argument.
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the article you linked shows things that are not guns, except things found outside in a truck. Again, no one in the building had guns.
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I can't believe you got +5 informative for this, but the article refutes your statement and confirms GP (Note he said inside the capital [sic]):
Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray, mace, chemical irritants, stolen police shields, a wooden beam, a hockey stick, a stun gun, and knives.
Missing from that list: guns (a singular stun gun is a stretch).
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Show proof any rioter in the building had a gun, or shut up yourself. My assertion is absolute fact, none of the rioters in the building had guns.
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please post picture of rioter inside capital building with gun, and I'll admit I was wrong. Do not do what the other cunt did and post link to cnn article with guns found in truck outside, or rioters holding things that are not guns.
He messed with the ruling class (Score:5, Interesting)
The purpose of police is by and large not to keep the peace, it's to maintain the status quo. We saw that when they were used to shut down Occupy Wall Street using parts of the Patriot Act.
This isn't to say we don't want police to keep the peace. I like being able to call a cop of a crazy guy is waving a knife around. But then again they were completely useless when my car got stolen, and I had to pay $300 to get it out of an impound lot because of reasons.
I've said it before, but we need to stop voting for tough on crime politicians, and we need to stop taking pleasure in punishment. It will eventually bite you in the ass if you do.
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Re:229 days in jail between arrest and sentence (Score:5, Insightful)
I'm not sure why you think the US government is treating the US Capitol rioters with kid gloves. Let me remind you that one of them was shot and killed by US Capitol Police [npr.org] during the incident. Over 300 people have been charged [npr.org] (with more each week as additional video emerges -- they expect over 400 will be charged eventually), and as of February 9th, 46 of these people had been charged with violent assault on police officers or other US Capitol personnel (very serious felonies) among other charges. While a few of these 46 have been released on bail, most of them remain behind bars pending trial. It's the decision of the Federal magistrate overseeing each case as to whether or not the person in question remains a danger to the community, is a flight risk, etc. This decision is different in every case, because the specific facts and each person's actions during the incident are different.
Additionally, there are a number of people who entered the Capitol but who didn't actually attack anyone who are still in jail, like the guy with the horns [msn.com]. Is he dangerous or violent just because he followed the mob inside? According to all available reports, he didn't actually attack anyone, but he did stand on the raised platform in front of Mike Pence's chair and otherwise make a spectacle of himself.
But to reference your original point, I don't see any evidence that the government is going easy on any of the US Capitol rioters, at all. In fact, the event has resulted in the largest legal probe in US history [washingtonpost.com] and it appears that a number of them are going to do some pretty serious time, especially the ones who actually attacked people (as they should, if they're convicted of being violent felons). Seriously, what else do you want the Government to do about it that they're not doing already?
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like the guy with the horns. Is he dangerous or violent just because he followed the mob inside?
Well, on second thought, I guess he could gore someone . . . :-)
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Thank you for this well sourced response. There are a lot of people thinking that because some of the nonviolent ones were released, all of them are happily walking free.
The same situation occurred in the other direction regarding the summer rioters; because many people were freed there is the mistaken assumption that all violent rioters got away with destruction and looting, when local papers all over the country are reporting on actual convictions with jail time.
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Re:229 days in jail between arrest and sentence (Score:5, Funny)
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"violent seditionists" according to you, but idiots acting like hooligans to everyone with an IQ over 70. You lost the ability to throw around those words when you didn't insist on BLM being disbanded as a terrorist organization since they actively employeed a woman actually responsible for carrying a bomb into the Capitol and detonating it with the intent of murdering Republicans. Or has the clown world you live in decided that blowing shit up is fine but throwing things at people wearing ballistic gear is
"he can serve some of his sentence at a boot camp" (Score:2)