Hacker, John Kenneth Schiefer, pleads guilty

By Tom | November 10, 2007

John Kenneth Schiefer, 26, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to four felonies, including accessing protected computers to conduct fraud, disclosing illegally intercepted electronic communications, wire fraud and bank fraud. He faces a maximum sentence of 60 years in federal prison and a fine of $1.75m, according to documents filed Friday in federal court. The plea agreement caps an investigation involving the FBI that began in 2005, said Assistant US Attorney Mark Krause. He declined to say if charges would be filed against several conspirators mentioned in court documents, who went by names including “revolt,” “Harr0,” “butthead,” “pr1me” and “dynamic”. The case is the first time a crime related to botnets has been charged under US wiretap statutes. Schiefer often used the PayPal and bank account information he appropriated to transfer money out of victims’ accounts. On one occasion, in December 2005, he moved money out of a Suffolk National Bank account to buy undisclosed domain names from a registrar by the name of Dynadot. Additionally, Schiefer sold appropriated information to others, according to prosecutors. Source: The Register

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