14 DAY TRIAL // In March, we learned that former California State University San Marcos student, Matthew Weaver, admitted to stealing the IDs and passwords of over 700 students to influence last year’s campus elections.
Weaver used a keylogger to steal the information, which he used to cast votes for himself and his friends on behalf of the victims.
U-T Sand Diego reports that the former student has been sentenced to one year in prison. In addition, he might also be forced to pay back the university the amount of money that was spent to repeat the elections.
The judge that handed out the sentence noted that while the election rigging was a serious offense, it was “kind of juvenile.” However, he was mostly bothered with the way Weaver tried to cover up his crime.
After he was caught red-handed while casting votes for himself using the stolen information, the former student and a friend came up with a plan to make it appear as if he was framed.
They created fake Facebook pages with the names of real students and started fictitious conversations about how they allegedly conspired to frame him. Unfortunately for him, no one bought the story.