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Man Hacks Jail Computer Network to Get Friend Released Early
- alehul 9y ago> After pleading guilty last week, Voits now faces up to ten years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Voits also had to forfeit all the electronics equipment he used to carry out his attacks — a laptop, four phones, one circuit board, and an undisclosed amount of Bitcoin. 1. This is a real shame; he's clearly a fairly intelligent person who has possibly just wasted a decade of his life. I hope the sentencing will be lenient, and he'll be able to enter society without too many hiccups upon release, though the U.S. isn't great at either. 2. What does the bitcoin have to do with his attacks? If it was just in a wallet on his forfeited computer, what will happen? That could set an interesting precedent, in regards to unrelated bitcoin on seized electronics, if there isn't a precedent already.
- Fjolsvith 9y agoCivil forfeiture. The prosecutor will ask for everything and the defendant has to successfully argue that this or that wasn't used in the commission of the crime. Or perhaps, the monetary penalty of the sentence.
- milkytron 9y ago> If it was just in a wallet on his forfeited computer, what will happen? That could set an interesting precedent, in regards to unrelated bitcoin on seized electronics, if there isn't a precedent already. When police perform searches, they have a notorious history of taking cash and trying to associate it with a crime. Sometimes this may be valid, but there have been instances when they improperly seized money and kept it. I imagine they would try to do the same with bitcoin if they think they have a chance to seize it and defend their actions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...