[ISN] Accused TJX Hacker Agrees to Guilty Plea -- Faces 15 to 25 Years

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:15:48 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/08/gonzalezguiltyplea/

By Kim Zetter
Threat Level
Wired.com
August 28, 2009

Accused TJX hacker, Albert Gonzalez, has accepted a plea agreement with 
prosecutors in Boston that will put an end to cases that authorities 
have described as one of the largest credit card and identity theft 
cases ever prosecuted in the country.

Gonzalez, 28, has agreed to plead guilty to all of the charges in a 
19-count indictment and will face a sentence of 15 to 25 years. He’s 
also agreed to forfeit nearly $3 million in cash as well as a Miami 
condo, a BMW car, a Tiffany diamond ring and three Rolex watches that he 
gave to others as gifts, a Glock 27 firearm seized from him at the time 
of his arrest and a 350C currency counter, among other items.

The agreement resolves the case against Gonzalez in Massachusetts - 
which charged him with hacking into TJX, Barnes & Noble and OfficeMax - 
as well as a case in the eastern district of New York that charged him 
with hacking into the Dave & Busters restaurant change.

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