Rory Stephen Guidry, Opelousas based bitcoin culprit has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for stealing US$80,000 (£72,069, A$111,728) in Bitcoins and 5000 active credit cards using Darkode.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced on May 25, 2016 that an Opelousas man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for allegedly hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information on the online hacking forum known as ‘Darkode.’

According to Department of Justice, Guidry used his hacking skills and conspired with another individual to steal more than $80,000 in bitcoin. He received half, $40,000, of the bitcoin and converted some of it to money, which he spent.

Guidry attempted to hack into and control more than 5,000 computers and he attempted to sell the botnet to another hacker on Darkode. When he was arrested by FBI, it was found that he was in possession of the credit card numbers and personal identifiers. This has resulted in arrest, charges and search of 70 Darkode users from multiple countries.

In 2014 July, Guidry while living in Liberty Hill, Texas, participated in an online hacking attack on a server in Austin, Texas. During that time, Guidry was arrested in the massive take-down of defunct English crime board Darkode.

Talking about such computer criminals and cybercrime threatens, United States Attorney Finley stated that, “Computer criminals will not be able to hide or maintain their anonymity, and they will be prosecuted locally, nationally and internationally. Through coordinated responses and international cooperation of our law enforcement partners, defendants such as Mr. Guidry who are involved in computer hacking forums will see their organizations dismantled and individuals prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

Established in 2007, darkode.com was notable for malicious activities which included carding, selling rootkits and malware, botnet rental, as well as the hackers' labour. The site was hit by an operation led by the FBI and supported by Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), and included rozzers from 20 countries. In July, Europol announced 28 arrests.