Man to plead guilty for celeb hackings
Los Angeles – A man has agreed to plead guilty to charges he hacked into the e-mail accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet.
A plea agreement filed on Thursday in a Los Angeles federal court says 35-year-old Christopher Chaney has agreed to plead guilty to nine counts, including wire-tapping and unauthorised access to a computer.
Chaney faces up to 60 years in prison.
A hearing was set for Monday.
Chaney was arrested as part of a year long investigation of celebrity hacking that authorities dubbed “Operation Hackerazzi”.
Prosecutors say there were more than 50 victims, including Johansson. Nude photos she had taken of herself .
