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SrLnclt [soylentnews.org] writes:

As you may recall, the FBI has investigated [soylentnews.org] a scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals. He pleaded guilty [soylentnews.org] in January to five counts of "hacking" the Houston Astros player database in 2013 and 2014, a time period in which he was promoted to director of baseball development with the Carinals.

Today Christopher Correa has been sentenced [theguardian.com] to nearly four years in prison for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and email system in an unusual case of high-tech cheating involving two Major League Baseball clubs. He was fired last summer and now faces 46 months behind bars and a court order to pay $279,038 in restitution. He had faced up to five years in prison on each count.

Major League Baseball could still discipline the Cardinals, possibly with a fine or a loss of draft picks, but has said only that it looked forward to getting details on the case from federal authorities.

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