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For
Immediate Release
June 8, 2005 |
Department
Of Justice
Northern District of California United States Attorney 11th Floor, Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 San Francisco, California 94102 Tel: (415) 436-7200 Fax: (415) 436-7234 |
Former IT Manager of Silicon Valley Firm Pleads Guilty to Computer Crime Charges
Defendant Deleted Information, Reconfigured Server,
and Read E-Mail of President of Victim Company
The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Roman Meydbray, 27, of San Jose, California, the former Information Technology Manager of Creative Explosions, Inc., pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose. Mr. Meydbray pleaded guilty to gaining unauthorized access to the computer system and email of his former employer, Creative Explosions, Inc., a Silicon Valley software development firm. Mr. Meydbray entered a guilty plea before United States District Judge Jeremy Fogel to one count of unlawful access to stored communications and one count of unauthorized access to a computer and recklessly causing damage.
According to court documents, within two weeks of his termination, Mr. Meydbray gained unauthorized access to the computer system of Creative Explosions from his San Jose residence between November 12, 2003 and November 17, 2003. During this unauthorized access, Mr. Meydbray deleted an e-mail server domain, accessed the e-mail account belonging to the president of Creative Explosions, and made configuration changes to the mail servers that caused e-mails to be rejected. A federal search warrant was executed at his residence and his computer was seized in the investigation.
The maximum statutory penalty for each count of unlawful access to stored communications and causing reckless damage on a computer is five years in prison, a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the gross gain or loss whichever is greater; a three year term of supervised release; and $100 mandatory special assessment. However, any sentence following conviction would be imposed by the Court after consideration of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and the federal statute governing the imposition of a sentence, 18 U.S.C. ยง 3553. Mr. Meydbray is scheduled to be sentenced on September 14, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. before Judge Fogel in San Jose.
The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Cyber Crime Squad in Oakland. The investigation was overseen by the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) Unit of the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California. Mark L. Krotoski is the Assistant U.S. Attorney from the CHIP Unit who is prosecuting the case. The United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California announced that Roman Meydbray, 27, of San Jose, California, the former Information Technology Manager of Creative Explosions, Inc., pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose. Mr. Meydbray pleaded guilty to gaining unauthorized access to the computer system and email of his former employer, Creative Explosions, Inc., a Silicon Valley software development firm. Mr. Meydbray entered a guilty plea before United States District Judge Jeremy Fogel to one count of unlawful access to stored communications and one count of unauthorized access to a computer and recklessly causing damage.
A copy of this press release may be found on the U.S. Attorney's Office's website at www.usdoj.gov/usao/can. Related court documents and information may be found on the District Court website at www.cand.uscourts.gov or on http://pacer.cand.uscourts.gov.
All press inquiries to the U.S. Attorney's Office should be directed to Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Sonderby, Chief of the CHIP Unit, at (408) 535-5037, or Luke Macaulay at (415) 436-6757 or by email at Luke.Macaulay3@usdoj.gov.
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