Federal Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero granted prosecutors' request to increase the maximum fine PG&E could face to more than $6 million, if the court decides the company somehow benefited financially or saved money as a result of criminal misconduct.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero noted prosecutors' request to increase the maximum fine PG&E could face to more than $6 million, if the court decides the company somehow benefited financially or saved money as a result of criminal misconduct.
PG&E entered the plea in San Francisco on Monday to 12 felony violations of federal pipeline safety laws. Federal Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero also granted prosecutors' request to increase the maximum fine PG&E faces to more than $6 million.
The order by U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph Spero came during a brief court hearing in San Francisco for Ross Ulbricht. Federal authorities in New York have charged Ulbricht with three felonies related to the operation of the website.
Date: Oct 09, 2013
Category: U.S.
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Judge: Sony may access PS3 hacker GeoHot's PayPal records
The subpoena, issued by San Franciscos Magistrate Joseph Spero, gives Sony the ability to access documents sufficient to identify the source of funds (.pdf) in California that went into any PayPal account associated with [email protected] for the period of January 1, 2009, to February 1, 2011.