FILE - Attorney Jane Peachy, left, and client William Giordani, of Nashua, N.H., walk out of federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Giordani, 55, accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin, has been sentenced to three years probation Thursday, April 25, 2024. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
Prosecutors said at the time that they agreed to accept Giordani’s guilty plea in part because they believed he had been pulled into the plot after he responded to a Craigslist ad. They also said they believed his response to the ad was driven in part by a drug habit and that he has made efforts to remain in a recovery program.
Investigators said Giordani responded to the Craigslist ad looking for someone to purchase fireworks in New Hampshire and pick up some other items in Massachusetts — including wire, a metal locking safe and a bag — and deliver the items to his son at Harvard.