Nintendo Hacker Gary Bowser Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

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Nintendo hacker sentenced to 3 years in prison.

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$14.5 million fine and 40-month sentence for his crime.

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He has been sentenced to three years in prison.

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He was looking at upwards of 10 years of his crime.

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He should be given the maximum sentence, the US government argued.

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His lawyer countered that he should only get 19 months.

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Max Louaran and Yuanning Chen were his crime partners as well.

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On February 10 he was sentenced to 40 months.

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He was part of the team that helped develop and sell mod chips and jailbreaking software.

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He was arrested in October 2020.

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