The novella-like media release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, which just landed in our in-box, explains the case of Matthew Weigman, also known as the "Li'l Hacker." He's a blind 18-year-old "phreak" from East Boston who became infamous last year for his "quick telephone con jobs," as Wired put it in a profile that, as it turned out, only scratched the surface. The story's a complicated one involving threats made against a Verizon security officer who was hot on his trail, an attempt to
Kathy Colvin in the U.S. Attorney's Office just sent word that late Friday, Matthew Weigman -- otherwise known as the "Little Hacker" about whom we wrote in January -- was sentenced to 135 months behind bars by U.S. District Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn, who, at this very moment, is presiding over the public corruption trial involving, among others, ex-Dallas Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and former Dallas plan commissioner D'Angelo Lee. Weigman, as you may recall, is the blind 19-year-old who gained nation
