Siggi "The Hacker" admits guilty to all charges

Siggi "The Hacker at Reykjanes District Court.

Siggi "The Hacker at Reykjanes District Court. mbl.is/Árni Sæberg

The case against Siggi "The Hacker" has undergone a sharp turn-around. Siggi has decided to change his plea to "Guilty". Charges against him amount to thirty pages of embezzlement and fraud amounting to thirty million kronas. 

Originally Siggi pleaded "Not Guilty" and the main trial was to take place in Reykjanes district court next week. His lawyer, Vilhjálmur H.Vilhjálmsson said at court today that "After going over the charges thoroughly and speaking with my client he has decided to plead guilty to all charges." 

Sigurður Ingi Þórðar­s­son, aka Siggi The Hacker,  be­gan hack­ing com­put­ers at the age of twelve and at eigh­teen he was a long­time vol­un­teer for Wik­ileaks with di­rect ac­cess to As­sange. Later he be­came the first known FBI in­for­mant in­side Wik­ileaks.

In Oc­to­ber 2013 Þórðar­s­son was sen­tenced to 8 months im­pris­on­ment for sex­ual as­sault on a mi­nor. 

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