Basically, Gembe hacked in to Valve's servers and obtained Half Life 2's source code. Roughly half a year later, after Valve had given up on the case, Gembe admitted to it later in an e-mail to Valve. After quizzing him on the attack vectors used, Valve conducted a phone interview, then wanted an in-person interview, stating they wanted to offer him a job. The latter would be in Seattle, where they actually planned to arrest him.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-21-the-boy-who-sto...
Basically, Gembe hacked in to Valve's servers and obtained Half Life 2's source code. Roughly half a year later, after Valve had given up on the case, Gembe admitted to it later in an e-mail to Valve. After quizzing him on the attack vectors used, Valve conducted a phone interview, then wanted an in-person interview, stating they wanted to offer him a job. The latter would be in Seattle, where they actually planned to arrest him.