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Computer server theft earns prison sentence

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   January 13, 2010 by indystar | Staff
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   An Indianapolis man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for trying
   to extort $208,000 from an insurance company after stealing a computer
   server.

   Kevin M. Stewart, 28, was the first to be prosecuted under a law that makes
   it a crime to commit extortion with material from a protected computer
   system. U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker issued the sentence in
   U.S. District Court in Indianapolis.

   In March 2006, Stewart burglarized the Indianapolis office of AIG Medical
   Excess, stealing a server that contained the names of more than 900,000
   insured people, as well as identifying information and confidential medical
   information. At the time, Stewart was an employee of a private security firm
   that provided security services to the insurance company.

   On July 23, 2008, Stewart delivered a package to the insurance company. It
   included a letter stating that he had the stolen server and confidential
   data. He asked for $1,000 a week for four years, but company officials
   notified the FBI.

   All  the  data  were  recovered, a news release from the U.S. district
   attorney’s office said.

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