The Justice Division’s investigation into Matt Weiss, the previous Baltimore Ravens and Michigan assistant soccer coach accused of hacking into the non-public accounts of greater than 2,000 faculty athletes, uncovered that the ex-coach stole 1000’s of “candid and intimate” pictures and movies.
The revelation got here throughout a courtroom submitting in a lawsuit towards Weiss and the college after attorneys representing the victims on this case shared an e-mail from the Justice Division’s Mega Sufferer Case Help Program.
The Justice Division’s investigation into Matt Weiss uncovered that the ex-coach stole 1000’s of “candid and intimate” pictures and movies. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities)
“1000’s of candid, intimate images and movies have been seized from the defendant’s digital units and from his cloud storage accounts,” the e-mail learn, through The Related Press. “Many present victims bare. Some present victims engaged in express sexual acts.”
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The submitting got here weeks after Weiss pleaded not responsible to a 24-count federal indictment. The fees have been introduced final month — greater than two years after Weiss, 42, was fired from his teaching place below Harbaugh after an investigation into the alleged crimes.
Based on the indictment, Weiss “gained unauthorized entry to pupil athlete databases of greater than 100 faculties and universities that have been maintained by a third-party vendor.” He then allegedly downloaded private data and knowledge of greater than 150,000 athletes and, from there, was capable of entry the knowledge of greater than 2,000 athletes, together with entry to their social media, e-mail and cloud storage.
Weiss is accused of committing the alleged crimes from 2015 to January 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Weiss predominantly focused girls, prosecutors stated.
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Weiss spent greater than a decade teaching within the NFL for the Baltimore Ravens in numerous roles earlier than he left following the 2020 season to teach below Jim Harbaugh at Michigan. He was fired in 2023 throughout an investigation into the alleged crimes.
Weiss is accused of committing the alleged crimes from 2015 to January 2023.
Weiss is going through 14 counts of unauthorized entry to computer systems and 10 counts of aggravated identification theft. (IMAGN)
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Weiss is going through 14 counts of unauthorized entry to computer systems and 10 counts of aggravated identification theft. He’s going through a most of 5 years imprisonment for every of the unauthorized entry fees and as much as two years for every depend of identification theft.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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