TJX Data Criminal Gets Five Years in Prison
Jon Brodkin writes on NetworkWorld:
The leader of an identity theft ring that stole credit card numbers from TJX has been sentenced to five years in prison and fined $600,000.More here.
Irving Escobar of Miami, Fla., pleaded guilty to charges of an “organized scheme to defraud” in March and was sentenced this week, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced Thursday.
Escobar and his team used stolen data to make counterfeit credit cards, which they used to buy gift cards at Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club. They redeemed the gift cards for jewelry and electronic equipment in what McCollum calls “a modern-day version of money laundering” that resulted in a loss of $3 million nationwide.
posted by Fergie @ 9/14/2007 11:40:00 AM
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