The Reykjanes District Court has sentenced Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson, better known as “Siggi the hacker” to three years in prison for having sexually violated nine young men in over seventy separate incidences in the years 2011-2013, the local news site visir.is reports. Sigurður is to pay his victims 8.6 million ISK (67,000 USD/60,000 EUR) in restitution. His victims were all teenagers when the crimes took place.
Former Wikileaks volunteer, turned FBI informant
Sigurður worked with Julian Assange on the Wikileaks project as a volunteer, moving to the inner circle of the group, before falling out with Assange who accused him of having embezzled funds from the group. It was later revealed that Siggi “the hacker” had also worked as a paid informant to the FBI, handing over internal WikiLeaks documents and emails. Julian Assange was allowed to testify by telephone to the Reykjanes district court the embezzlement case against Sigurður.
Read more: Julian Assange to testify against his former prodigy, Siggi 'the hacker'
A sociopath with a severe anti-social personality disorder
The Reykjanes district court today sentenced Sigurður to prison for repeated and aggressive sexual harrassment and for having sexually violated nine young men. Much of the harassment took place through Facebook and email, while the violations took place in person. Siggi offered the boys money and valuables in return for sexual favours, ranging from 25 million ISK (200,000 USD/170,000 EUR) to vacations abroad and expensive cars. He also promised to hack the computer network of their schools to change their grades and attendance. When the young men refused to meet him Sigurður harassed them systematically, pressuring them to perform sexual acts with him or to meet him.
Sigurður was sentenced to eight months in prison earlier this year for having sexually violated a seventeen year old boy as well as receiving a two year suspended sentence for fraud in a separate case.
The court found that Sigurður is by all definitions a sociopath, suffering from a severe anti-social personality disorder. However, the court found that he did know the difference between right and wrong and could not be considered insane and could therefore stand trial.
The Reykjanes District Court has sentenced Sigurður Ingi Þórðarson, better known as “Siggi the hacker” to three years in prison for having sexually violated nine young men in over seventy separate incidences in the years 2011-2013, the local news site visir.is reports. Sigurður is to pay his victims 8.6 million ISK (67,000 USD/60,000 EUR) in restitution. His victims were all teenagers when the crimes took place.
Former Wikileaks volunteer, turned FBI informant
Sigurður worked with Julian Assange on the Wikileaks project as a volunteer, moving to the inner circle of the group, before falling out with Assange who accused him of having embezzled funds from the group. It was later revealed that Siggi “the hacker” had also worked as a paid informant to the FBI, handing over internal WikiLeaks documents and emails. Julian Assange was allowed to testify by telephone to the Reykjanes district court the embezzlement case against Sigurður.
Read more: Julian Assange to testify against his former prodigy, Siggi 'the hacker'
A sociopath with a severe anti-social personality disorder
The Reykjanes district court today sentenced Sigurður to prison for repeated and aggressive sexual harrassment and for having sexually violated nine young men. Much of the harassment took place through Facebook and email, while the violations took place in person. Siggi offered the boys money and valuables in return for sexual favours, ranging from 25 million ISK (200,000 USD/170,000 EUR) to vacations abroad and expensive cars. He also promised to hack the computer network of their schools to change their grades and attendance. When the young men refused to meet him Sigurður harassed them systematically, pressuring them to perform sexual acts with him or to meet him.
Sigurður was sentenced to eight months in prison earlier this year for having sexually violated a seventeen year old boy as well as receiving a two year suspended sentence for fraud in a separate case.
The court found that Sigurður is by all definitions a sociopath, suffering from a severe anti-social personality disorder. However, the court found that he did know the difference between right and wrong and could not be considered insane and could therefore stand trial.
