A former First Republic Bank employee [cloud engineer] who sabotaged the company’s computer network after being fired for accessing pornography on a work computer has lost an appeal challenging his conviction and nearly $530,000 in restitution.
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Brody was indicted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and ultimately pleaded guilty to computer fraud and making false statements. In December 2023, U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick sentenced him to 24 months in prison and ordered him to pay $529,266 in restitution.
The case is United States v. Brody, No. 23-4358, 2025 WL 1864959 (9th Cir. July 7, 2025).
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