Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison

[brewcrew2k]

This article is a little shocking, especially if he pleads and gives up passwords.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/coder-charged-for-gambling-software/

[VegasInsider]

[milwaukee mike]

america, land of the free!

[Glitch]

Stuart showed Wired a plea agreement (.pdf) signed by former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney James Meadows, which stated that he would plead guilty to second- and fourth-degree money laundering charges and assist the DA’s investigations by, among other things, “aiding in the design of software used to obtain records, usernames, passwords, and other information stored on websites using” his company’s software.

[gregm]

"The case began in February 2011, when Stuart says he and his wife got the Kim Dotcom treatment after about 30 local Arizona law enforcement agents wearing SWAT gear and camouflage dress — some of them with bushes attached to their shoulders to blend into the woods around his house — descended on his home and threatened to send him and his wife to prison for 35 years if he didn’t cooperate."



Unreal. "30 local law enforcement with bushes attaches to their shoulders to blend in."

[Optional]

This article is a little shocking, especially if he pleads and gives up passwords.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/201...ling-software/

He did, but changed his mind.


Stuart showed Wired a plea agreement (.pdf) signed by former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney James Meadows, which stated that he would plead guilty to second- and fourth-degree money laundering charges and assist the DA’s investigations by, among other things, “aiding in the design of software used to obtain records, usernames, passwords, and other information stored on websites using” his company’s software.

Stuart says authorities specifically told him that they would not use the backdoor themselves but that he would be expected to access the servers of online casinos and others who used his software overseas in order to retrieve the information of gamblers and bookmakers on their behalf.

“They made it clear that they would do nothing. I was expected to do everything, to modify the system to allow myself to get in to get the information they wanted,” he says. “Their whole intention was for me to retrieve information from those databases that were located in foreign countries…. They were going to use me to get to the clients…. But I’m not a hacker, I’m a software developer.”

[coop]

"Stuart asserts that New York authorities only came after him because they wanted to use him as a conduit to uncover illegal gambling operations in that state. He says the New York district attorney’s office tried to strong-arm him into a plea agreement that would have had him hacking into the systems of his software clients in order to obtain the usernames and passwords of gamblers and their bookmakers to help authorities gather evidence of illegal gambling."

[Kindred]

I thought this was about a PPH software coder, but now not so sure. So much for liberty and freedom.

http://calvinayre.com/2012/10/28/legal/new-york-da-indicts-sportsbook-software-providers/

[TheMoneyShot]

Dude... our gov makes me f'ing sick. It's one thing if he didn't pay taxes on his earnings... but man... what an f'ing joke.