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A Sydney “computer nerd” has avoided jail time for a sophisticated bootlegging scheme that provided people with cheap access to Netflix, Spotify, Hulu and other streaming services using large troves of stolen login details.
Evan McMahon, 23, received a discounted sentence of two years and two months to be served under an intensive corrections order in the community, with NSW District Court judge John Pickering urging the man to use his valuable technical skills to achieve great things for society.
Evan McMahon, 23, pleaded guilty to two offences over his online bootlegging scheme.
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McMahon, from Sydney’s northern beaches, made about $680,000 from the pirate subscription services, winnings that have gone on to generate an unexpectedly large windfall for authorities. Cryptocurrency held by McMahon was worth $460,000 when it was transferred to Australian Federal Police control in June 2020 but, thanks to a boom in the digital assets, grew to over
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