Ex-Cardinals scouting director to plead guilty in Astros database hacking
A former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals will plead guilty on Friday to criminal charges in connection with a breach of the computer network of the rival Houston Astros baseball team, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Chris Correa was fired by the Cardinals last year and tentatively agreed to plead guilty to 5 of 12 related charges, the WSJ said, citing unidentified people familiar with the case.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. A spokesman for the Houston Astros declined to comment.
In June, there were reports that the FBI and the Justice Department were probing the Cardinals for possibly breaking into the Astros’ proprietary database network.
St. Louis personnel were suspected of hacking into the Astros’ system to undermine the work of Houston General Manager Jeff Luhnow, who left the Cardinals to work for the Astros after the 2011 season, according to the New York Times.
Luhnow created the same type of computer system in Houston as he had in St. Louis.
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