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Pennsylvania man gets prison for hiring “hacker” to erase court fines

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Dissent

From the do-you-know-who-you’re-hiring-on-Craigslist dept:

Miles Snyder reports:

A Harrisburg man will serve at least two years in prison for recruiting a computer hacker to wipe out fines he owed to Lancaster County.

Zachary J. Landis, 27, was sentenced to 2-4 years in state prison after pleading guilty last week to felony counts of computer trespass, unlawful use of a computer, and tampering with public records, according to the district attorney’s office.

How stupid do you have to be to advertise for a hacker on Craiglist and then give them not only the docket numbers but your real name and email address? There should be a felony stupidity charge tacked on to some cases….

Read more on ABC27.

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