A 19 year old got 5 years for using technology to steal credit card numbers on Friday. He had skimmers which are handheld devices that can copy information from credit cards. He gave them out to his friends to use at their jobs. At least 150 people had their information stolen.

The teen’s lawyer asked for leniency for the teen because he has a life long skin condition that requires special care and medications. This kid lied to investigators and was the ring leader in all of this. I don’t see why he should get any special treatment. He was also charged with breaking windows in a local high school by shooting at them with a BB gun. These incidents happened between September 2006 and January 2007.

The teen said in court that he was really sorry he did all this and he wouldn’t do it again. I’ll be he’s only sorry that he got caught. He probably wanted to do a balance transfer of his credit card debt to someone else!

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