Matthew Keys, the deputy social media editor for Reuters.com who has been indicted for allegedly aiding members of the Anonymous hacking collective, has been suspended with pay, a Reuters spokesman said on Friday.

There had been an earlier Reuters report that his work station was being dismantled and that his security card had been de-activated.

Meanwhile, Keys has been retweeting selective comments on his case, talking with supporters and some in Anonymous. One offered to bring Anons to Keys’  hearing in Sacramento, which Keys declined. Another tweeted that some would soon see “Anonymous’ power”, this tweet was later deleted.

While some were critical of his alleged involvement, others, such as journalist Glenn Greenwald, are calling the potential prison exposure of the charges “prosecutorial overkill”.

Keys claimed to have found out about this on twitter, but as noted on Twitchy, the FBI searched his home in October 2012, so he at least knew he was under investigation.

Keys was previously reprimanded by Reuters for creating a parody twitter account to mock Google CEO Larry Page. Buzzfeed is now reporting information indicating  that Keys was “Madrigal Skylark”, an infamous “Live Journal” troll when he was younger, about ten years ago.

Keys is scheduled to be arraigned on April 12 in Sacramento in the  U.S. District Court for the  Eastern District of California.