14 DAY TRIAL // A 21-year-old man from the United Kingdom has been sentenced to serve 12 months in jail after the Southwark Crown Court found him guilty of hacking into another individual’s Facebook and email account. The breach took place on January 12, 2012.
According to the Metropolitan Police, Gareth Crosskey pleaded guilty to offences mentioned in section 1 and section 3 of the Computer Misuse Act of 1990.
The victim, located in the United States, reported the crime to the FBI, which traced back everything to the UK.
The Metropolitan Police Service's Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) located the suspect after the Bureau required its assistance in solving the case.
Apparently, this wasn’t the first time when the suspect was accused of such wrongdoings. Back in July 2011, he was arrested at his home, a number of storage devices being seized from the residence and subjected to investigations.