The Court found guilty of leaking a prototype iPhone 4

Prosecutor's Office of San Mateo County, California has put forward charges against two individuals responsible for the attempted sale of a lost iPhone prototype 4 to the official presentation of the device.

According to an official press release, the accused in the crime low severity were nominated by 22-year-old Brian Hogan and his 28-year-old friend Uolloveru Sage. Both are accused of misappropriating other people's property, and Uollover, moreover - in possession of stolen goods. At the same time, the editors tehnoblog Gizmodo, which published photos of the prototype iPhone 4 will not be prosecuted.

Recall the spring of 2010 blew up the blogosphere article with photos of the test model iPhone, 4 edition published by Gizmodo. Initially, an unnamed source (later turned out that it was Brian Hogan) said he had met an engineer Apple in a bar in Silicon Valley. There's supposedly the last chance left the device. Hogan took the machine home and showed my friend Uolloveru, who suggested to try to sell the rights to his image, and then himself prototype techno-blog.

Since the device was available and Gizmodo. In the end, the publication returned to Apple, but to do so personally led the company to Steve Jobs had to write an official letter demanding the return loss.

Hogan himself said that he did not sell the iPhone, and got money from Gizmodo only opportunity for an exclusive review of the device. However, journalists threatened with prosecution tehnoblog in buying stolen goods - at the end of April 2010 police seized from the house editor Jason Chen Gizmodo several computers and servers, with the help of information stored at the identity of the person who sold the prototype version of a lost iPhone.

Today's ruling concluded the discussion: the prosecutor's office has officially recognized that the law violated the Hogan and Uollover, not Gizmodo. The first court hearing in the case of Hogan and Uollovera be held on August 25. If convicted, he could face up to one year in prison.

It is well known that Apple tries to protect its products under development, and if it detects leaks apply  a policy of "zero tolerance" to its employees. For example, a former senior manager of Apple Paul Devine so lucky: for the "discharge" of secret information he  faces 30 years in prison and a fine of $ 5 million.