Phishing Identity Theft Broker Gets 7 Years

Jacob Vincent Green-Bressler of Tucson, Arizona will be jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy offences.

Green-Bresseler bought stolen credentials on rouge IRC networks that were obtained through phishing scams from countries including Vietnam, Pakistan, Egypt, The Philippines, Macedonia, Romania, Estonia, Canada, Russia, the UK, Mexico, Australia and France.