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Criminal

Oct. 31, 2013

Most accused PayPal hackers expected to accept plea deal

The 14 defendants are accused of coordinating an attack on the eBay Inc. subsidiary in 2011 because the company refused to process contributions to Wikileaks.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Most of the 14 defendants accused of coordinating an attack on eBay Inc. subsidiary PayPal's website in 2011 because the company refused to process contributions to Wikileaks intend to accept a plea deal with the government, according to court papers filed Tuesday.


Two holdouts remain willing to proceed to trial at this stage, however, and the defendants are unsure whether federal prosecutors ...

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