Anonymous Hacker Barrett Brown’s Mother Faces Prison For Hiding Evidences

The mother of alleged Anonymous hacker Barrett Brown has pleaded guilty to helping her son hide two laptop computers from federal investigators.

RT reportsKaren McCutchin, Brown’s mother pleaded guilty last week to a charge of obstructing the execution of a search warrant. She could face a maximum sentence of 12 months in prison and a $100,000 fine. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.

On March 6, 2012, officers with the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Brown’s Dallas, Texas apartment in an attempt to execute a search warrant for computers that could contain information involving hacker group Anonymous and LulzSec.

The feds hadn’t found all the computers they were looking for during a search of Brown’s apartment that morning and Brown, located at his mother’s house, refused to volunteer them.

The Dallas Observer reports McCutchin is not, like her son, facing 100-plus years in prison. Under the deal she struck with the feds, she faces a maximum sentence of 12 months in prison and a $100,000 fine. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.

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