The man believed to be responsible for Target's massive data breach last year is now off the hook.
The department originally thought Guo Xing Chen preformed the data breach that affected 40 million customers in 2013, until retracting their opinion Wednesday.
"It is not believed he was responsible," the Georgetown, Texas police department said in a statement, according to The Detroit Free Press.
"While it was initially suspected that Guo Xing Chen's activities could have somehow been connected to the larger Target credit breach, at this time there is no indication where he obtained the fraudulent card information," the statement said. "It is not believed he was responsible for the initiation of the breach at Target."
The police department's original inked affidavit said Chen was the guy who took $70 million in the incident.
"It is also believed Chen is involved in a large scale credit breach believed to be in excess of $70 million according to investigators from the Target Corp.," the document obtained by KVUE-TV and USA TODAY stated.
Target's spokesperson told The Free Press that collaborative efforts to find the culprit weren't over.
"We are absolutely continuing to work with law enforcement and we remain committed to see that any criminals are brought to justice," Molly Snyder said.
Hackers reportedly took 40 million credit and debit account numbers from Target customers between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15, 2013 according to a press release from the company.
The incident spanned Target stores throughout the United States, Krebs on Security reported.
Affected customers received a 10 percent discount, along with a year's worth of credit monitoring and identity theft protection.
Target has implemented plans to move past the data breach and improve for the future.
Internet security veteran Bob DeRodes was appointed to lead the retailer's technology division and operations April 29. He was also selected to create the company's future information technology and digital plan.
Chief Financial Officer John Mulligan took over for former president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel, who resigned from the position.
