Connecticut IT business owner pleads guilty to wire fraud for disabling client's network after rejected service agreement
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Justin Muszynski
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Summary
Billie Conley Jr., a 46-year-old Connecticut man who owned Ridgefield Tech, LLC, pleaded guilty to wire fraud for remotely disabling a business's computer system 21 times after the business owner declined to sign a service agreement with him. Conley took a plea deal in federal court in New Haven and admitted to the charges brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBillie Conley Jr., 46, formerly of Shelton took a plea deal on Monday in federal court in New Haven, pleading guilty to wire fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Connecticut.
Federal officials said Conley owned and operated Ridgefield Tech, LLC, a company that offered information technology consulting services.
Officials alleged that he remotely disabled the business' computer system on 21 separate dates.
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