On one or two of those times he got away for being a minor... and allegedly when they got him for phone card and credit card fraud, they might have offered him

On one or two of those times he got away for being a minor... and allegedly when they got him for phone card and credit card fraud, they might have offered him a deal and he snitched on and betrayed the whole scene that actually built him up first. See also comment here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3513015 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3513015