Editing Albert Gonzalez (section)

==Plea bargain==
On August 28, 2009, Gonzalez's attorney filed papers with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Massachusetts United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts] in Boston indicating that he would plead guilty to all 19 charges in the U.S. v. Albert Gonzalez, 08-CR-10223, case (the TJ Maxx case). According to reports, this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plea_bargain plea bargain] would "resolve" issues with the New York case of U.S. v. Yastremskiy, 08-CR-00160 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Eastern_District_of_New_York United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York] (the Dave and Busters case).

On March 25, 2010, U.S. District Judge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Saris Patti Saris] sentenced Gonzalez to 20 years in prison for hacking into and stealing information from TJX, Office Max, the Dave & Busters restaurant chain, Barnes & Noble and a string of other companies.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-27 [27]]</sup> The next day, U.S. District Court Judge [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_P._Woodlock Douglas P. Woodlock] sentenced him to 20 years in connection with the Heartland Payment Systems case. The sentences were ordered to run [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentencing_%28law%29 concurrently], meaning that Gonzalez will serve a total of 20 years for both cases.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-28 [28]]</sup> Gonzalez was also ordered to forfeit more than $1.65 million, a condominium in Miami, a blue 2006 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_330i BMW 330i] automobile, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM IBM] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba Toshiba] laptop computers, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glock_Ges.m.b.H. Glock 27] firearm, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia Nokia] cell phone, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_%26_Co. Tiffany] diamond ring and three [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex Rolex] watches.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-NYTimesMag_29-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-NYTimesMag-29 [29]]</sup>

On March 25, 2011, Gonzalez filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Boston to withdraw his guilty plea. He claimed that during the time he committed his crimes, he had been assisting the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service United States Secret Service] seek out international cyber criminals and said his attorneys failed to advise him that he could have therefore used a “public authority” defense.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-30 [30]]</sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-31 [31]]</sup> The Secret Service declined to comment on Gonzalez's motion, which is still pending.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Gonzalez#cite_note-32 [32]]</sup>

Gonzalez is currently serving his 20-year sentence at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Correctional_Institution,_Milan Federal Correctional Institution, Milan], a low-security facility in Michigan. He is scheduled for release in 2025
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