On 19 April 2019 Hutchins pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, as well as distributing, selling, promoting, and advertising a device used to intercept electronic communications.[14] His statement included the quote "I regret these actions and accept full responsibility for my mistakes. Having grown up, I’ve since been using the same skills that I misused several years ago for constructive purposes."[15] Hutchins faced up to five years in prison and $250,000 in fines for the two charges.[16] On 26 July, 2019, Hutchins was sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release.[17][18] In a series of 2020 interviews with Wired, Hutchins admitted to working on Kronos and its predecessor UPAS Kit as the main developer between 2011 and spring 2015.[18]