Joshua Streit has been charged with extortion, accessing a protected computer to commit fraud for personal gain, wire fraud and illicit digital transmission after he allegedly illegally streamed Major League Baseball games and attempted to extort MLB for $150,000, per the Associated Press.
Streit allegedly threatened to expose the league's internet infrastructure vulnerabilities in return for the six-figure sum.
A complaint against Streit was unsealed in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, per the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York, which also alleged that the 30-year-old resident of St. Louis Park, Minnesota illegally streamed games from the NBA, NHL and NFL.