ID Theft Service Proprietor Gets 13 Years
Summary: Hieu Minh Ngo, a 25-year-old Vietnamese national, was sentenced to 13 years in a U.S. prison for running the identity theft services Superget.info and findget.me, which sold access to personal data on more than 200 million Americans. Ngo admitted illegally accessing databases of major data brokers including Court Ventures, an Experian subsidiary, and the government says he made nearly $2 million from more than 1,300 customers.
Key Takeaway: The Justice Department confirmed that 13,673 U.S. citizens whose stolen data was sold through Ngo's sites were victimized through $65 million in fraudulent IRS tax returns - and it remains unclear what consequences, if any, Experian or Court Ventures face.
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