United States v. Swartz
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In United States of America v. Aaron Swartz, Aaron Swartz, an American computer programmer, writer, political organizer and Internet activist, was prosecuted for multiple violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 (CFAA), after downloading academic journal articles through the MIT computer network from a source (JSTOR) for which he had an account as a Harvard research fellow. Federal prosecutors eventually charged him with two counts of wire fraud and eleven violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act,[1] charges carrying a cumulative maximum penalty of $1 million in fines plus 35 years in prison, asset forfeiture, restitution and supervised release.[2] Facing trial and the possibility of imprisonment, Swartz committed suicide, and the case was consequently dismissed.[3][4][5]
United States v. Aaron Swartz | |
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Court | United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts |
Full case name | United States of America v. Aaron Swartz |
Defendant(s) | Aaron Swartz |
Prosecution | Carmen Ortiz Stephen Heymann |
Citation(s) | 1:11-cr-10260 |
Court membership | |
Judge(s) sitting | Nathaniel M. Gorton |