He also received the stiffest sentence for his role in the case, compared with the other defendants. He was the fourth individual in the UPMC case to plead guilty (see: Fourth Guilty Plea in UPMC Hacking Incident). Johnson, formerly of Detroit, Michigan, in May pleaded guilty to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. and 24 months for aggravated identity theft, for a total of 84 months of prison time in the UPMC case.
Department of Justice in a statement on Monday says Justin Sean Johnson - also known as "TheDearthStar" and "Dearthy Star" on the dark web - received the statutory maximum sentences of 60 months of incarceration for conspiracy to defraud the U.S. See Also: OnDemand | Zero Tolerance: Controlling The Landscape Where You'll Meet Your Adversaries A federal judge this week imposed the maximum sentences - a total of seven years in prison - on a hacker who earlier this year pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case involving the hacking of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center human resources databases and the theft of personally identifiable information of more than 65,000 employees - some which was then sold on the dark web and used for federal tax fraud.