The parents of a convicted teenage hacker from Norwich, who admitted helping him transfer funds from a seized bitcoin wallet, are to be sentenced today (Wednesday).
Nineteen-year-old Elliott Gunton was jailed for 20 months in August for breaching the terms of the agreement and money laundering .
He was previously convicted of hacking TalkTalk when he was 16. Although he was given a prison last month, he was released immediately as he had already served time while on remand. However, he was ordered to repay more than £400,000.
The hacker's mother, 44, who lived in Mounteney Close, appeared at Norwich Crown and County Courts on Monday and pleaded guilty to the crime of transferring another person's property.
In court, she stated that between August 3, 2018, and September 6, 2018, she “transferred cryptocurrency, that is, moved these funds beyond the controls of a seized hardware wallet, knowing or suspecting that she was directly or indirectly committing a crime.”
Gunton's father, Jason Gunton, 45, of Sunderland Close, admitted the same charge at an earlier hearing. He also admitted perverting the course of the case and the opinion of the court.
Both are due back in court on Wednesday to be sentenced. Judge Stephen Holt told Carlie Gunton that it appeared that everything was done with the intention of helping her teenage son. He told her: “Your intervention will not help your son in any way.”
