The next day, December 7, he… bought himself a new laptop, installed a VPN, and hopped right back online. Wagenius evaded scrutiny only until December 12, when the new laptop was also seized under orders from a military magistrate judge.
On December 20, Wagenius was arrested and charged with several federal crimes, and the feds have since resisted his efforts to get free on bail while his case progressed. (Due, in part, to the laptop episode mentioned above.)
Last week, Wagenius pleaded guilty to several of the charges against him. The documents in his case reveal someone with real technical skills but without a more general sense of opsec.
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