PayPal Phisher charged with Identity Theft in 18-count Federal Indictment

[mandy]

Federal prosecutors in Delaware claim to have snagged a "phisherman."

In an 18-count indictment unsealed Wednesday, John T. Brothers III, 31, of Marshallton, is accused of using bogus e-mails to get personal information from victims, which he then used to make unauthorized credit card purchases...

Brothers faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for each of the seven counts of unauthorized use of a credit card number and two counts of possession of at least 15 "unauthorized access devices" with intent to defraud. He also faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on wire fraud and attempted wire fraud charges.

The seven charges of aggravated identity theft each carry an additional, consecutive two-year prison sentence -- meaning Brothers could get up to 14 years on top of any other sentence imposed...

full article: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs..../-1/NEWS01