Lawyer, Self-Proclaimed as ‘The Bull,’ Pleads Guilty to Cyber-Threating Online Critics
A Wichita attorney known as “The Bull” has admitted his involvement in cyber threats against his critics, and a federal court ordered him to pay more than $425,000, reports The Wichita Eagle.
Brad Pistotnik pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of being an accessory after the fact to making an extortionate threat over the internet, according to the U.S. attorney. He must pay fines and restitution.
“In his plea, Pistotnik admitted that he paid David Dorsett for ‘reputation management services,’ writes the Eagle‘s Jason Tidd. “That service included Dorsett sending a flood of emails to Leagle, RipoffReport and Jaburg Wilk demanding that negative information be removed from their websites, prosecutors said. The emails threatened to target their advertisers.”
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