* Gregory Alexander Indicted by Federal Grand Jury on Alleged Identity Theft and Computer Fraud from Chess Web Site www.chessdiscussion.com

Published by Junior Staff Writer on July 18, 2009

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A 42-year-old man was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Jose Wednesday for the unauthorized access of the private e-mail account of a member of a nonprofit organization’s board of directors, U.S. Attorney Joseph P. Russoniello announced Friday. Gregory Alexander, a resident of Everett, Wash., used a username and password belonging to Randall Hough, a member of the United States Chess Federation’s Board of Directors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Alexander accessed Hough’s private e-mail account on 34 different occasions between November 2007 and June 2008 to obtain information from it, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Alexander is the webmaster of www.chessdiscussion.com, a Web site with a forum for chess players to talk about the game. Alexander was arrested in San Francisco and made his initial appearance in federal court in San Jose Friday to face charges of computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. He is currently out of custody on a $100,000 personal recognizance
bond, and is scheduled to be in court again at 9 a.m. on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.