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I can't say I have done this before. I'm not a fan of bloggers promoting their own posts or site staff. But I remember Matt Weiss.
At the time it was a serious LE response and a quick firing trigger. He gone, as they say. But the case continued. He never resurfaced in football.
Hopkins School, Vanderbilt, Baltimore Ravens, Michigan, and then prison. How about that. The Harbaughs are all over it. Baltimore and Michigan constituted his maturation and the end.
I am one of those people who dissects the perverted mind--perverted often defined as illegal. I read laws, like duty to report in Colorado, parental liability in Michigan, and insurance regulations in California (and Colorado, where I live). They are detailed and there for a reason; they reflect our collective best thinking on how to deal with current trends and problems. Hacking is broad and fraud even more so. Fourteen plus ten counts, quick AI check, up to five then two years each, restitution, all depending on the severity, i.e., the scope in terms of victims and damage. This is where it gets serious: over 150,000 individual victims. It was a broad, documented breach over many years and locations. He was a person heavily invested and knowledgeable in it. For the Feds he is a public figure it is intended as a precedent and warning to others.
Weiss is up against two experienced federal prosecutors. We have all seen them, virtually everything on a computer has an IP address or last logged-in message attached to it. I suspect a trial is unlikely because there so much evidence; some of the charges could be thrown out and others may be added. There are sure to be many victims or makeshift influencers chiming-in and telling their stories and there could be civil suits, maybe even violations of Michigan law. Keffer Development Services has a lot to answer for. Much more is yet to come.
Right now, Matt Weiss is shitting bricks. First he needs to negotiate a prison sentence.
The scheme does sound like something that can be done alone, without supporters, enablers, or in a conspiracy. You think it is a private thing, sitting in front of a computer alone... Some whisteblower, an IT person, apparently exposed it. Nonetheless, it is a highly data-intensive environment. There should have been training and oversight for healthcare and educational requirements. Bosses can and should monitor it. Beyond that, it does not take an expert to realize a personal, private password is just that.
I'm not convinced, I mean I haven't seen anything declaring or showing it, that Sherrone Moore is committed to a clean program. So far he has been saved by two improbable wins and a money cannon.
Right now it is another Harbaugh and possibly Moore stain. Perhaps we will learn more as/if the victims come forward.
As the cliche' goes, the Feds don't do this unless they have a strong case. He deserves, and I predict, jail.
EDIT: Change of tune. Warde, Harbaugh, and the University of Michigan hired and enabled him--on work time, in university offices, and on university computers.
Jim Harbaugh is a pig (familiar tune).
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edmi/pr/former-university-michigan-football-quarterbacks-coach-and-co-offensive-coordinator
https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18-crimes-and-criminal-procedure/18-usc-sect-1030/
https://codes.findlaw.com/us/title-18-crimes-and-criminal-procedure/18-usc-sect-1028a/
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-750-145d
https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=MCL-445-65
https://law.justia.com/codes/colorado/title-18/article-5-5/section-18-5-5-102/
Some quick research. I predict Matt Weiss is in a heap of trouble.
These things happen everyday. They are very broad.
I was ignorant but by reading what is above I am minimally up to speed.
Still this question lingers: how does it work from a civil perspective? Why isn't everyone suing everyone else?
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