The former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals is scheduled to plead guilty Friday to criminal charges in connection with an unauthorized breach of the Houston Astros computer network, according to people familiar with the case.
Wall St Journal
Former St. Louis Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa will be indicted today and plead guilty to hacking the Astros’ database, the Wall Street Journal is reporting.
Houston Chronicle
The Cardinals scouting director who was fired last July for his alleged role in the hacking scandal that engulfed the club pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges.
Post-Dispatch
Chris Correa, the Cardinals' former director of player development, appeared in court Thursday in front of US District Judge Lynn Hughes, ultimately pleading guilty to five counts of unauthorized access of a protected computer. The charges are in connection with the alleged hacking of the Houston Astros from 2013-2014.
KMOV
Chris Correa, the former scouting director of the Cardinals, pleaded guilty to five criminal charges in connection with unauthorized access of the Astros' database. Correa appeared before a U.S. district court judge in Houston on Friday and had his sentencing hearing scheduled for April 11.
MLB Official Site
Former Cardinals scouting director Chris Correa admitted before a federal judge Friday that he illegally hacked into the computer database of the Houston Astros in an attempt to learn if proprietary information had been stolen from the Cardinals.
STL Sports Page
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