The “$36.6 Million Dollar Man” Pleads Guilty to Identity Theft Charges

April 20, 2011 – 1:42 pm

Remember the 1970s classic TV show The Six Million Dollar Man? Back then, six million dollars seemed like a boatload of money and it was. Of course, we would not turn away a winning lottery ticket for $6 million, though this is chump change compared to what one cybercriminal netted throughout his time stealing identities and credit card numbers.

We are talking about Rogelio Hackett Jr., the notorious criminal who stole more than 676,000 credit card numbers that were tied to tens of thousands of fraudulent transactions, with a total of more than $36.6 million. Thankfully U.S. Secret Service busted Hackett in 2009 and he faces up to 10 years in prison on an access device charge and another two years on an dentity theft charge. And, we guess there was no getting around the hard evidence that the Secre Service found because Hackett just plead guilty to these charges.

Since 2002, Hackett hacked into businesses computer networks or by purchased stolen credit card numbers through online carding forums. All in all, he ran a very lucrative business by doing this becoming what we call the 36.6 Million Dollar Man.

It sounds like justice will be served. Though 10-12 years seems pretty like a light sentence to us.

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