Former Michigan football assistant coach Matt Weiss changes lawyers in federal hacking case

Former University of Michigan football assistant coach Matt Weiss changed lawyers in his federal computer hacking case.Weiss recently responded to the civil suit, claiming he didn’t receive the initial service request.Former University of Michigan football assistant coach Matt Weiss has been granted a request to change lawyers in a federal case connected to his March 20 FBI indictment.
The FBI is accusing Weiss of hacking into the computer systems of more than 100 universities and spying on the data of more than 3,000 athletes, mostly women. Weiss faces 14 counts of unauthorized access and 10 counts of aggravated identity theft.
Weiss had been represented in the federal case by Douglas Mullkoff, a lawyer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, until just recently. A court filing released late on Wednesday, June 25, shows that Weiss requested and was granted new counsel: David Benowitz, a criminal defense lawyer from Washington D.C.
It is not clear why the change was made, nor if it is a permanent change. Neither Mullkoff nor Benowitz could be reached for comment.