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« I am ready to go in prison and to pay again all that I received » ? Steve Rodrigue
This is to show his good faith and « to educate the population on the frauds by Internet » that Steve Rodrigue delivered his narrative to the Newspaper of Montréal.
« I know that this that I did criminal east but I want to prove that I did not do it that to see if that walked, says the young man of 19 years. I am ready besides to go in prison and to pay again all that I received. »
Of the 57 000 $ that it had to have cheated, Steve Rodrigue says to have received only 25 000 $, of which 17 000 $ would have been spent to follow its « researches ».
« My accomplices received the remainder », he says.
Even if the search was done to the residence of its parents, the young Rodrigue succeeded convincing them of his innocence until last night.
« I lied to my parents and to the agents of the GRC that came to investigate for I wanted time to write my narrative and to deliver it to a media before my arrest. I wanted the luck to prove my good faith. Now, I am ready to plead guilty. »
Classical defense
When they do to pinch themselves, the computer pirates have the habit, as Steve Rodrigue, to proclaim that their méfaits were committed only for « to educate itself and discover weaknesses in the systems ».
This is besides the defense that used Kevin Mitnick, the most famous American computer pirate. Mitnick purged 46 months of prison between 1999 and 2002 for have introduced itself in a multitude of computer systems.
While proclaiming the right to apprenticeship, Mitnick was able to elude most of the introduction accusations by effraction in the systems. His prison sentence especially resulted from flight of a software of the firm of cell Nokia, safeguarded on one of the waiters that Mitnick succeeded pirating.
According to the emitted search warrant November 13 to Montréal, Steve Rodrigue could be accused non authorized usage of a computer, of illegal possession of passwords, of damages to computer data and of fraud of more one than 5 000 $.
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