Ex-Verizon Wireless Employee Sentenced for Stealing Numbers

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via RCR Wireless News.

[snip]

A former Verizon Wireless employee has reportedly been sentenced to
almost six years in prison for stealing access numbers for about $21
million in prepaid minutes and selling them to retailers at a discount.

The Associated Press reported that Timothy Charles Mattos, 34, of
Folsom, Calif., received a sentence of 70 months in federal prison and
three years of probation after his release; he also was ordered by the
district court judge to pay back $21.3 million to Verizon Wireless
parent company Verizon Communications Inc.

[snip]

More:
http://www.rcrnews.com/news.cms?newsId=26596

- ferg


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