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Feds Bust Biggest Identity Theft Ring

By DEVLIN BARRETT
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WASHINGTON (Aug. 17) — Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States, accusing the one-time government informant of swiping 130 million accounts on top of 40 million he stole previously.
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2009-08-17 16:08:16

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Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a Miami man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the United States. Authorities said Albert Gonzales, 28, has broken his own record for identity theft by hacking into more retail networks to steal data from 130 million accounts.\n