A Goffstown man has pleaded guilty to hacking into his former employer’s computer systems, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Michael J. Gunnison for the District of New Hampshire.
Lawrence R. Marino, a 41-year-old from Goffstown, N.H., pleaded guilty to a one-count criminal information charging him with computer intrusion.
Marino admitted at the plea hearing that from May 2009 through September 2009, he repeatedly hacked into the computer systems of OneSky Jets, a charter flight services provider based in Manchester, N.H.
According to the criminal information, while employed at OneSky, Marino acquired other employees’ log-in credentials for their OneSky email accounts. After Marino’s employment at OneSky was terminated, he began working for a competitor private jet company, Regent Jet.
While employed at Regent Jet, Marino repeatedly accessed the email accounts of OneSky employees and obtained information about OneSky’s existing and prospective customers. Marino also hacked into OneSky’s computer system and obtained a copy of a database with tens of thousands of customer names and other information.
Marino used this illegally-obtained customer information to then solicit new customers on behalf of Regent Jet.
A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for October 17, 2011, at 11:30 a.m. EDT. Marino faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution.
The case was investigated by the FBI. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Arnold Huftalen of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Hampshire and Mona Sedky of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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