NYPD detective pleads guilty to computer hacking

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK – A detective with the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), pled guilty to computer hacking crimes. Specifically, Edwin Vargas paid others to hack into e-mail accounts, including e-mail accounts belonging to other NYPD officers and employees, and also accessed a federal law enforcement database without authorization to obtain information about other NYPD officers.

Vargas was arrested in Bronxville, New York, in May 2013.

Vargas, 42, of Bronxville, New York, pled guilty in federal court to one count of conspiring to commit computer hacking and one count of computer hacking. Each count carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. He is scheduled to be sentenced on March 14, 2014.

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