Ryan Cleary, 20, reportedly had ties to the well-known branch of Anonymous called LulzSec before he was arrested in London last June. U.S. federal prosecutors say he worked to take down, deface, and steal personal information from Web sites. The attacks, carried out between April and June last year, made international headlines as global companies began to wonder if they would be next to suffer at the hands of the larger Anonymous hacking group. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2012/06/lulzsec-hacker-brit-ryan-cleary-charged.html