A Southern District of Texas judge sentenced Fidel Salinas to six months in prison and a $10,600 fine after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of computer fraud and abuse. But just months before he took that plea, the 28-year-old with ties to the hacktivist group Anonymous instead faced 44 felony hacking and cyberstalking charges, all of which were later dismissed. And now that his case is over, Fidel is willing to say why he believes he faced that overwhelming list of empty charges. As he tells it, two FBI agents asked him to hack targets on the bureau’s behalf, and he refused.
L’Hermione "Freedom’s Frigate," it would help to refresh people’s memories. We are friends of the American Revolution. We are the Anonymous Solidarity Network. We are a collective of Anons and the friends and family of Anons facing prosecution for alleged (...)
30 May 2015
Fidel Salinas was placed into solitary confinement
After Weeks of Solitary, Fidel Salinas Finally Receives Semblance of Humane Treatment. Fidel Salinas faced up to 440 years in prison for allegedly disrupting the normal operation of a government web server in Hidalgo, Texas for a single day. Fidel caused (...)
16 March 2015
Fidel Salinas refused to be an FBI Spy
Fidel Salinas says he was charged after refusing to help FBI. Fidel Salinas currently serving a six-month prison sentence for computer crimes now says that authorities asked him to help the United States gather information on Mexican drug cartels, then (...)
