CONNECTICUT — A former Shelton technology contractor was sentenced October 19 to nine months in federal prison and three years of supervised release for a computer-intrusion scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Judge Victor A. Bolden imposed the sentence on Billie Conley Jr., 47, in New Haven. Conley had pleaded guilty to wire fraud on June 1.
According to prosecutors, Conley’s Ridgefield Tech business installed unauthorized remote-access software while setting up a funeral-services company’s network in 2023. The client subsequently paid him to address service problems and declined a monthly service agreement.
Prosecutors say Conley disabled the network on 21 separate days between January and September 2024, preventing the business from operating. The owner eventually hired another company and paid for replacement equipment and recovery work.
The investigation also found approximately $9,070 in unauthorized payments from the client’s bank account toward obligations of Conley and his company. The October 19 release said restitution would be decided in later proceedings; no later restitution order was verified for this report.
This AI-prepared article reports the October 19 sentencing from the federal prosecutor’s release, reread October 30. It does not describe a new October 30 court action or determine how this sentence interacts with unrelated state custody. The GSA photograph is a file view of the Richard C. Lee U.S. Courthouse, not the sentencing proceeding.