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Yes. I have a federal felony conviction for fraud involving a computer, against a former employer. Good times. I've worked for 2-4 companies since then, depending on how you count …

> I guess the ex-admin wants to work in manual labor or fast food You'd be surprised. I did something somewhat similar and was convicted of a federal felony. No fast food place or …

Federal sentencing guidelines are pretty rigid and most computer fraud and abuse cases get the lowest end of the range. The EFF has a good breakdown of weev's sentence and the D&D-…

Then there's no criminal intent (mens rea) and the law doesn't apply.

> I'd be very curious to hear what went on there on the people side of things. It's important to study that in these cases. I was convicted in a similar case and am actually a chap…

US Code 1030(a)(5)(A) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Edit: He plead to I think a single count of the following 18:1030(a)(5)(A) and 18:1030(c)(4)(A)(i)(I) and (B)…

I have a federal felony conviction, for nearly the same exact offense that Jason is being charged with. I've worked for several software companies since my conviction, before start…

Sometimes they prosecute these cases just to gain experience in prosecuting them.

It's hard to believe now, but some day this will all fade. I go days and weeks without even remembering that I'm a convicted federal felon. Today I only really think about it when …

I originally did mine through a church where the pastor was a former IT guy. Spent a lot of time doing his website, cabling, etc. Then the probation office (or at least my officer)…

I believe he got almost exactly what I got: six months "imprisonment" (served as home detention), five years probation, restitution ($9,000-ish for him), 100 hours of community ser…

Well he was kind of railroaded by a law that sucks. $9,000 in damages by planting 3 files on a website? Worse, it's impossible to argue intent / mens rea in these cases. It doesn't…

I was going to suggest that you do some SEO work on your name but I don't know if it's possible to bury all that news coverage. I was able to bury mine with a mountain of other con…

I should also add that I've been amazed by the number of gainfully employed people I've met that have felony convictions. It's a lot more common than you'd think. I even have two f…

It's a federal felony. There's only one way to expunge that, a Presidential pardon. It's a long process and kind of a long shot. I haven't even applied for mine. He should definite…

Do you still have to provide all of your email addresses to your PO every month? That sucked, especially on a hand-written form.

I was convicted of nearly the same offense over 10 years ago. Actually, I live in the same area and was prosecuted by the same exact attorney. I spent nearly $50,000 setting the pr…

Absolutely agree. The FBI agent investigating me was quite friendly on his first visit until I said I didn't want to talk to him without an attorney. He didn't even visit me until …

Flickr has a massive amount of hardcore jpgs. That's where a lot of the images posted on Tumblr come from. Flickr just does a decent job of hiding it from the average user. Here is…

It will be hard at times. That's just the way things are. But there are definitely ways to make things work. I think the odds of getting a decent job with strangers are pretty low,…

I can "ditto" most of that. I've had a federal felony conviction for computer fraud (against an ex-employer) for over 10 years now and have been employed for most of that time. I w…

I believe your bigger issue is that some countries won't allow some convicted felons to enter - particularly Canada.

Which is why congress inserted a mandatory minimum 6 month prison term for some 1030 offenses and why they keep pushing for more. http://www.volokh.com/2011/05/24/congress-consider…

I have a very similar federal felony conviction that Aaron was facing and have been able to find employment in the software field. It's not as easy as it would be without the convi…

Yes. I was able to find employment as a felon, even while I was on probation, partially because of becoming a cliche - a "born again Christian". I honestly did find religion (a big…