alt2319

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by alt2319 3y ago
Yes. I have a federal felony conviction for fraud involving a computer, against a former employer. Good times. I've worked for 2-4 companies since then, depending on how you count acquisitions. I've even been trusted to write code
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by alt2319 9y ago
> I guess the ex-admin wants to work in manual labor or fast food You'd be surprised. I did something somewhat similar and was convicted of a federal felony. No fast food place or retailer would touch me with that record. But ironic
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by alt2319 10y ago
Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range. The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-like charts and calculations used to reach it. He g
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by alt2319 10y ago
Then there's no criminal intent (mens rea) and the law doesn't apply.
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by alt2319 10y ago
> I'd be very curious to hear what went on there on the people side of things. It's important to study that in these cases. I was convicted in a similar case and am actually a chapter in a CERT book, but they never reached out
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by alt2319 10y ago
US Code 1030(a)(5)(A) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Edit: He plead to I think a single count of the following 18:1030(a)(5)(A) and 18:1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(I) and (B) http://www.leagl
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by alt2319 12y ago
I have a federal felony conviction, for nearly the same exact offense that Jason is being charged with. I've worked for several software companies since my conviction, before starting my own. It definitely doesn't end your career.
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by alt2319 12y ago
Sometimes they prosecute these cases just to gain experience in prosecuting them.
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by alt2319 12y ago
It's hard to believe now, but some day this will all fade. I go days and weeks without even remembering that I'm a convicted federal felon. Today I only really think about it when I'm volunteering somewhere and it's time
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by alt2319 12y ago
I originally did mine through a church where the pastor was a former IT guy. Spent a lot of time doing his website, cabling, etc. Then the probation office (or at least my officer) changed their policy and I had to do neighborhood cleanup w
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by alt2319 12y ago
I believe he got almost exactly what I got: six months "imprisonment" (served as home detention), five years probation, restitution ($9,000-ish for him), 100 hours of community service, and a few assorted court and administrative
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by alt2319 12y ago
Well he was kind of railroaded by a law that sucks. $9,000 in damages by planting 3 files on a website? Worse, it's impossible to argue intent / mens rea in these cases. It doesn't matter if your intent was to cause no dama
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by alt2319 12y ago
I was going to suggest that you do some SEO work on your name but I don't know if it's possible to bury all that news coverage. I was able to bury mine with a mountain of other content but yours got more coverage. Eventually maybe
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by alt2319 12y ago
I should also add that I've been amazed by the number of gainfully employed people I've met that have felony convictions. It's a lot more common than you'd think. I even have two friends with vehicle-related homicide con
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by alt2319 12y ago
It's a federal felony. There's only one way to expunge that, a Presidential pardon. It's a long process and kind of a long shot. I haven't even applied for mine. He should definitely apply for his rights restoration when
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by alt2319 12y ago
Do you still have to provide all of your email addresses to your PO every month? That sucked, especially on a hand-written form.
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by alt2319 12y ago
I was convicted of nearly the same offense over 10 years ago. Actually, I live in the same area and was prosecuted by the same exact attorney. I spent nearly $50,000 setting the precedent that allowed you to serve your six months in home de
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by alt2319 13y ago
Absolutely agree. The FBI agent investigating me was quite friendly on his first visit until I said I didn't want to talk to him without an attorney. He didn't even visit me until he'd spent a week talking to other people fir
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by alt2319 13y ago
Flickr has a massive amount of hardcore jpgs. That's where a lot of the images posted on Tumblr come from. Flickr just does a decent job of hiding it from the average user. Here is a good (and mostly SFW as far as images) Flickr group that
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by alt2319 13y ago
It will be hard at times. That's just the way things are. But there are definitely ways to make things work. I think the odds of getting a decent job with strangers are pretty low, but the more time passes, the easier it is for them to cons
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by alt2319 13y ago
I can "ditto" most of that. I've had a federal felony conviction for computer fraud (against an ex-employer) for over 10 years now and have been employed for most of that time. I was terminated as soon as my case hit the news media, but I w
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by alt2319 13y ago
I believe your bigger issue is that some countries won't allow some convicted felons to enter - particularly Canada.
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by alt2319 14y ago
Which is why congress inserted a mandatory minimum 6 month prison term for some 1030 offenses and why they keep pushing for more. http://www.volokh.com/2011/05/24/congress-considers-increasi...
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by alt2319 14y ago
I have a very similar federal felony conviction that Aaron was facing and have been able to find employment in the software field. It's not as easy as it would be without the conviction, but it's a lot easier than I ever thought it would be
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by alt2319 14y ago
Yes. I was able to find employment as a felon, even while I was on probation, partially because of becoming a cliche - a "born again Christian". I honestly did find religion (a big surprise to me) but I didn't realize what a benefit that ca
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by alt2319 14y ago
Well, I don't pin a lot of Amazon links, but I make a bit from the ones I have pinned. I grind out about $200 a month now mostly from other affiliate programs and I'm not really trying. It's a side income that I keep thinking about expandin
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by alt2319 14y ago
Well 1030(a) violations didn't used to have a mandatory minimum sentence, but they got added after congress was afraid Kevin Mitnick could launch nuclear missiles from a pay phone. When I was charged with a 1030(a) crime, I faced a mandator
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by alt2319 14y ago
I'm a convicted federal felon. To top it off, it's a computer fraud conviction involving a former employer. I used to think I'd never even be able to flip burgers for pay. I'm actually probably right - McDonalds would never hire me. But sin