Hackers Sent to Prison
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentencing of Robert Matthew Bentley, 21, Panama City, Florida, for conspiring to commit and committing computer fraud. United States District Judge Richard Smoak sentenced Bentley to 41 months in prison to be followed by three years supervised release. Bentley was also ordered to pay $65,000 in restitution.
His arrest came after an international investigation, which began in London, uncovered a computer hacking scheme that was operating from computers in northwest Florida.
Bentley and others were able to hack into the Rubbermaid Corporation’s European computers, and managed to infect hundreds of computers throughout Europe with Adware.
Bentley pleaded guilty to two charges earlier this year. Smoak sentenced him Wednesday to the 41-month prison term, followed by three years on supervised release. Bentley also will have to pay $65,000 in restitution.
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