TN: Man sentenced to five years for ID theft

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(For those keeping score at home, this would be DL-0296 in the Data Loss 
Database:  http://attrition.org/dataloss/dldos.html)

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/jul/10/man-sentenced-five-years-id-theft/

NASHVILLE - A man convicted of trying to sell the Social Security numbers 
and other information for thousands of people to undercover agents was 
sentenced to five years in federal prison, authorities said.

Binyamin Schwartz, 29, of Oak Park, Mich., was convicted of identity 
theft, aggravated identity theft, access device fraud and wire fraud.

Schwartz gained access to the data in his work as a business software 
consultant for Sentry Insurance Company in Stevens Point, Wis., the U.S. 
Attorney's office in Nashville and the U.S. Secret Service announced in a 
news release.

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