The Pirate Bay founder and international fugitive Gottfrid Svartholm was arrested Thursday at his apartment in Phnom Pehn, Cambodia. The 27-year-old Svartholm had been on the lam since 2009 after a Swedish court sentenced him to one year in prison for crimes related to running one of the world's largest BitTorrent sites.

Svartholm's lawyer, Ola Salomonsson, wouldn't confirm if the arrest was related to skipping out on his prison term, but considering he missed two appeals hearings -- one legitimately, one not -- and his sentence was upheld, odds are Sweden really wanted him back. Although for his sake, Swedish prison is probably a lot more inviting than Cambodian prison.

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Obiwan Kenobi, 37, has been arrested for a hit-and-run that caused a four-car pileup.

The Roseville, CA man, born Benjamin Cale Feit, changed his name in 1999 to win a $1000 radio contest tied to the release of Star Wars Episode I, but never changed it back due to a hike in the state's name-change fees.

"I don't regret it at all," Kenobi said in a 2008 interview, "I was going to be single anyway."

No word on whether he told the cops "I'm not the driver you're looking for." If so, the Jedi mind trick didn't work -- he was arrested and then released on $17,000 bail.

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Court papers released earlier today have confirmed that LulzSec leader Sabu -- now revealed as 28-year-old Hector Xavier Monsegur of New York City -- became an FBI informant after he was arrested last August, and his information led to today's arrests of other top LulzSec members.

According to the papers, the arrested LulzSec members are being charged with "conspiracy to commit computer hacking" in connection with attacks on Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Fox, the Tribune Co., the U.S Senate, and computers belonging to several foreign governments.

Sabu was also charged with conspiracy last year, and is currently free on $50,000 bail.

Anonymous members reacted to Sabu's betrayal on Twitter, pointing out that Anon "is an idea, not a group. There is no leader, there is no head."

Frequent Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown also weighed in, tweeting, "My apartment was raided this morning by the FBI. Feds also came to another residence where I actually was. Sabu is a traitor."

He later clarified that he hadn't been arrested, and that the FBI was looking for his laptops.

Brown also commented to the AP on Sabu's decision to turn informant.

"He was an admired Anon," he said. "He's been a leader. People came to him with information. God knows what else he told them."

[ap / gizmodo]