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I think 3 should be "Don't email your hack victims with proof of your crimes for a face-to-face meeting."

He did so to confess. He has admitted he didn’t want to hide. There’s no strategy to critique here; he wanted to come clean.

I'm guessing he got a better deal than if he had been caught

Only because he lived in Germany and their system was more reasonable about it.

5) never come clean to feds

That one is fundamental! lol

Rule 0: Commit 1 crime at a time.

"Only break one law at a time" is exactly this said another way, yet somehow easier for me to parse.

Fair, but it loses out on the rhyme.