2020-02-11
IT specialist wanted "financial bounty" for security scam
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Credit: Collins) An IT specialist who tried to get a "financial bounty" by falsely claiming he had uncovered vulnerabilities in Eircom's systems has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to pay €35,000. He handed down a suspended sentence of three years on the condition that Jones pay €15,000 to his injured parties within the month and a further €20,000 in a year's time.