Engineering senior Ryan Goldstein said he remains enrolled in the University and intends to graduate in the spring.
On Tuesday, Goldstein was sentenced in federal court to five years probation, a $30,000 fine and one year in various forms of custody for his involvement in hacking into the School of Engineering and Applied Science'scomputer server in February 2006.
The confinement time includes three months in custody, likely in his home but that could include prison time, 90 days in a halfway house, and 180 days in home confinement.
U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson said at Tuesday's hearing that Goldstein could decide when he wanted to begin serving his confinement.
University spokesman Ron Ozio confirmed that Goldstein was still enrolled at Penn, but did not comment further.
Goldstein was arrested in November 2007 as part of an international FBI investigation. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer in March.
