“We are grateful that the court agreed to our sentencing recommendation as it was based upon our evaluation of the seriousness of the crime and the actions of the defendant”, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas said in a statement.
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Correa, to his credit (if any can be given), had pleaded guilty to the charges which lessened- also if possible- the sentence. The league said in a statement Monday that it’s already looking into the case. I apologize for compromising their sense of privacy, trespassing to access a computer system I wasn’t allowed to access. “I never try to shy away from hard decisions. A lot of little people whose lives were adversely affected by the cost taken to defend against people like you”, Hughes said. “Don’t tell me that”.
It’s unclear exactly what this sentencing means for the Cardinals organization.
Major League Baseball hopes to obtain information from law enforcement officials to help determine the extent to which the Cardinals should be disciplined in regard to the Christopher Correa case.
For a year – from March 2013 through March 2014 – Correa accessed the Ground Control network in order to steal information on players and assist his team’s strategists.
In court, Correa alleged the Astros had taken proprietary information from the Cardinals, but was denied a subpoena to attempt to validate those claims.
Correa was able to break in by deducing the credentials of Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, who previously worked at the Cardinals. “When Victim A joined the Astros, he re-used a similar (albeit obscure) password for his Astros email and Ground Control accounts”. Correa admitted to taking steps to hide his identity. “But Bobby did too.’ Well it didn’t work then and it’s not going to work now”.
Correa was dismissed from his position with the Cardinals a year ago. Correa happened to know his old boss’ password from his time with the Cardinals, which Lunhow failed to change significantly after switching teams.
Six months after pleading guilty to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer in the Houston Astros’ database, Chris Correa is on his way to prison.
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In sentencing, Judge Lynn Hughes slapped the former executive with five concurrent custodial sentences of 46 months each, alongside a $279,038.65 restitution. U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said Monday that Major League Baseball must go through the same procedure as the public to obtain those details. “It’s a mechanism to steal identities and gain advantages and participate in theft. So it’s obviously a very serious offense and a pretty rough day for baseball”. Their 11 wins include World Series victories in 2006 and 2011. Correa and Lunhow are devotees of the philosophy. Molitor helped the Twins become one of last year’s surprise teams; they were in the playoff hunt into the final week of the season.
