“You misrepresented your identification to get user names and passwords,” the judge said. Patel that they included celebrities, college classmates and regular people. “Two hundred and forty victims were affected (by you),” said Bolden, who was told by Assistant U.S. Bolden ordered Garofano to perform 60 hours of community service during his first year of supervision.
Judge Victor Bolden sentenced George Garofano, 26, of North Branford,to eight months in prison, followed by three years of supervision by federal probation officers. Others, portraying people like Ariana Grande and Emma Stone, were decried as fakes by those stars.įour years later, as Labor Day again approaches, a fourth man charged in the investigation dubbed Celebgate by the FBI was sentenced Wednesday in Federal.
