An aspiring actor, who turned to hacking to steal a list of acting jobs, was sentenced today in LA County Superior Court.


Chad Horton, 21 years old, of Macon, Georgia pleaded guilty to computer access fraud and felony was sentenced to 180 days in county jail and 3 years supervised probabtion. He also has to pay $92,111 to the company he hacked, and give $200 to the California victim's restitution fund, according to LA County District Attorney, Jonathan Fairtlough. And also Horton was also forced to forfeit his computer.

He hacked into the systems at Beverly Hills, California base Breakdown Services on several occasions between January 1st 1999 and March 14, 2000. The lists known as "breakdowns," consist of character synopses in scripts and are resold to casting directors and talent representatives.

Weekly breakdowns are not normally available to actors. However, Horton and Valerie Fee, 58, of Manhattan Beach, California, sold the lists to performers.

Fee pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property in January and was sentenced to spend 60 days in county jail with the option of, community service and three years probation. She was ordered to pay $10,000 restitution to Breakdown Services and $200 to the California victim's restitution fund.

You can catch more info on this at breakdownservices.com.

- nicolas