Prison Terms Given to 2 Russian Nationals for Roles in ID Theft Ring

Two Russian nationals have been given prison terms for their roles in a global computer hacking ring that stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and cost its victims hundreds of millions of dollars. The Justice Department called it one of the biggest data breach schemes in U.S. history. A federal judge in Camden, New Jersey, on Wednesday sentenced Vladimir Drinkman, 37, to 12 years behind bars and Dmitriy Smilianets, 34, to time served, which totaled more than four years in...

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