Identity Thief Nabbed with Over 300,000 Victim Profiles
CNET reports a California man was sentenced to eight years in prison for identity theft after federal police GPS-tracked his phone and discovered a hard drive with over 300,000 victim profiles during a raid of his home. Robert Delgado, 40, who lived in Monterey Park, a Los Angeles suburb, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and was sentenced on Monday. At the time of his arrest in March 2011, Delgado had already been on parole for identity theft. He was accused of obtaining credit card numbers, forging credit cards and government-issued ID sporting his (or a co-conspirator’s) photograph, and using the identity documents to buy flat screen TVs, power tools, electronics, and jewelry. Those in turn would be sold for cash.
