Former Seattle tech worker convicted of wire fraud and computer intrusions | USAO-WDWA
Seattle – A 36-year-old former Seattle tech worker was convicted today in U.S. District Court in Seattle of seven federal crimes connected to her scheme to hack into cloud computer data storage accounts and steal data and computer power for her own benefit, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Paige A. Thompson a/k/a ‘erratic,’ was arrested in July 2019, after Capital One alerted the FBI to Thompson’s hacking activity. The jury deliberated for ten hours following the seven-day jury trial. Thompson is scheduled for sentencing by U.S. District Judge Robert S. Lasnik on September 15, 2022.
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