Yeah, somehow the INFORMANT STATUS is STRANGELY ABSENT from the Globe's reports.
"Hacker seeks reduced sentence; Asperger syndrome called a factor in his theft of credit data" by Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | December 17, 2009
Albert Gonzalez, the 28-year-old Miami hacker accused of helping to orchestrate the largest credit card heist in US history, may not have understood he was committing a crime because he has a developmental disorder, according to information his attorneys have submitted to federal court in Boston.
Are you kidding?
So he was another half-wit patsy employed by the U.S. government, huh, Glob?
His attorneys said a forensic psychiatrist has evaluated Gonzalez and concluded his behavior was consistent with that of someone who suffers from Asperger syndrome.
They are not seriously going to use this defense, are they?
It is considered a mild form of autism and is generally associated with individuals who have difficulty learning social skills, trouble relating to other people, and a limited set of interests, along with other behaviors....
He must have gotten a vaccine of some kind then, huh?
In August, a Los Angeles hacker received a slightly reduced sentence of 55 months in prison for participating in a multimillion-dollar computer crime after he was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.
What a SCAM!!!
Dania Jekel, executive director at the Asperger’s Association of New England, said it is easy for people with the disorder to be manipulated into helping someone else commit a crime, be pressured into falsely confessing to a crime, or fail to realize they are committing a crime. As many as 1 in 200 people have the disorder, she said....
Gee, and JUST WHO (rhymes with) would want to do that?
But Jason Evan Mihalko, a Cambridge psychologist who has worked with such patients, said it’s hard to imagine the disorder would spur someone to break into retail computer networks to steal millions of credit card numbers and then sell the data.
Especially when they were a GOVERNMENT INFORMANT and AGENT, huh, Glob?!!!
Prosecutors allegedly seized more than $1.6 million from Gonzalez, including more than $1 million buried in his parents’ backyard.
And the COVER STORY LIES just get MORE OUTRAGEOUS!!!!
Mihalko said the vast majority of people with Asperger syndrome never commit a crime. And when people do get in trouble, it’s typically because they take one of their obsessions too far - someone with trains, for instance, might break into a train to find out how it works. Or someone interested in electronics might steal a device to take it apart. But he said that does not mean people with Asperger syndrome can’t understand that stealing credit card data is wrong.
“Most everyone learns in school - or from parents - that stealing is wrong,’’ Mihalko said. “It’s no different for kids with Asperger’s.’’
Can you say FALLING on your SWORD, readers?
Who knows what this kid was threatened with; I'm not buying this -- forgive me -- "retard" defense -- although it would explain his working for the government!
Martin G. Weinberg, one of Gonzalez's attorneys, also said he plans to cite other reasons why Gonzalez deserves no more than a 15-year sentence, including his acceptance of responsibility for his crimes and the fact that in other white-collar crimes, hedge fund managers and company executives have received fairly light sentences....
--more--"
And they got their deal:
Albert Gonzalez, the 28-year-old man accused of helping to orchestrate the biggest credit card theft in US history, will probably face between 17 and 25 years in prison for the crime.
Under a plea agreement filed in US District Court in Massachusetts yesterday, Gonzalez agreed not to seek a sentence of less than 17 years and prosecutors agreed not to seek a sentence of more than 25 years. In a two-count indictment originally filed in New Jersey, prosecutors accused Gonzalez and his partners of stealing more than 130 million credit and debit cards by hacking into computer systems of several retailers....
Yes, notice how his ACCOMPLICES remain COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS -- odd considering that the ability to do this were BEYOND the CAPABILITIES of a SINGLE INDIVIDUAL.
Both parties also agreed the sentence should run concurrently with any sentence imposed for two related cases pending in US District Court, where Gonzalez is already facing 15 to 25 years in prison. Gonzalez has already pleaded guilty in those cases to charges of stealing tens of millions of credit cards from a number of retailers....
Can you say successful cover-up executed, readers?
--more--"That will be the last we ever see or read of him in the Boston Globe.
Related: Zionist AmeriKan MSM Covering Up Israeli Identity Theft
Also see: Slow Saturday Special: Zionist Spies Set Free
