Tina Macias reports:
The Opelousas man, Rory Guidry, arrested last week for his alleged part in a nationwide cybercrime ring will remain behind bars without bond, pending a mental health evaluation, a Lafayette federal judge ruled today.
Guidry, 28, is charged with computer fraud and accused of attempting to sell access to a “botnet,” a collection of Internet-controlled computers whose security has been breached and controlled by a third party for malicious purposes. Guidry told investigators he controlled 2,000 computers, all foreign, but computer forensics show that number could be as high as 100,000 and include U.S. computers, said FBI agent Randy Jordan during a 3-hour probable cause and detention hearing today.
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