Bahamian accused of hacking celebrities' emails pleads guilty in US

Prison time: A hacker who obtained US military information and sold it will serve five years in prison.

NEW YORK: A Bahamian man accused of hacking into celebrities' email accounts to steal unreleased movies and television scripts, personal information and sexually explicit videos that he then tried to sell pleaded guilty on May 9. 

Alonzo Knowles, who was arrested in December after allegedly trying to sell an undercover agent 15 scripts for US$80,000 (RM324,480), pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges of criminal copyright infringement and identity theft.