They have the brains and my did they use them. This is a top 10 list about the tech geeks that made viruses, hacked into systems, leaked censored information and are now doing the time for their crimes.

10. Raymon Bitar

Crime: Running illegal online gambling.

Time: Faced up to 35 years, but received no jail term after pleading guilty due to a severe heart condition.

Forfeit: R390 million

9. David Smith

Crime: Wrote Melissa e-mail virus.

Time: 20 months.

 

8. Hector Xavier Monsegur

Crime: Stealing user accounts from Sony Pictures in 2011 and taking down the CIA’s website.

Time: Facing up to 124 years.

7. Marc Collins (Founder of Digital Entertainment Networks)

Crime: Transporting underage boys across state lines in order to commit illegal sexual acts.

Time: 33 months.

6. Albert Gonzalez

Crime: Stealing and selling more than 170 million credit cards and ATM numbers.

Time: 20 years.

5. Samuel “Mouli” Cohen

Crime: Defrauded millions of dollars from investors with a Ponzi Scheme.

Time: 22 years.

4. Edward Snowden

Crime: PRISM leak.

Time: Resides in Moscow and is still facing charges.

3. Paul Devine

Crime: Apple employee who took kickbacks from parts suppliers, charged with three charges of wire fraud and money laundering.

Forefit: R 19,593,000.

 

2. Shawn Hogan

Crime: Took over R270 million in bogus commissions from eBay.

Time: Facing 20 years.

1. Marcus Tillman

Crime: Suspect in a child molestation case, escaped police surveillance.

Time: 40 years.

[Source: Business Insider]