Kevin Kelly pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of fraud, identity theft and transport of stolen property filed against him by the U.S. Department of Justice in Massachusetts. According to court filings, he sneaked the equipment out of his workplace in a small duffel bag and then sold it on the Internet, using the name of an unwitting associate, identified only as D.B. in court records.

Kelly sold most of the stolen gear to a Hanover, Massachusetts, reseller named BL Trading, prosecutors say. BL Trading has also been charged with sale and receipt of stolen property and wire fraud. That case is still pending.

BL Trading is also accused of installing EMC firmware on equipment that was no longer under the required support contracts, and then putting those systems up for sale. In court filings, prosecutors say that the same BL Trading employee -- now deceased -- was responsible for both the firmware scam and the purchase of stolen hardware. "The employee knew or was willfully blind to the fact that Kelly had stolen his EMC equipment," court filings state.