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Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away

Posted by timothy on from the no-that-would-be-the-government dept.

Anonymous Brave Guy writes "Apparently computer helpdesk employee Philip Cummings had more than just a day job: he's just gone down for 14 years in the biggest identity theft case ever. Lots of fascinating nuggets of information in that story: apparently fake ID goes for as little as $60, and the total stolen over just a couple of years was somewhere in the $50m-100m range."

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  1. Mac Mini, Somebody please explain this!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I dont get the Mac Mini thing. You can already easily get a Micro ATX case that is just as small, for example, this Inwin case. Thats like $50. Then you can build out a great system with more RAM, more HD space, faster CPU for less than $499.

    Its just as small, cool, and quiet. So whats the big whoop?

    1. Re:Mac Mini, Somebody please explain this!?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It comes with Mac OS. How much is XP going for these days? Linux is free, but why bother when for $1-200 more you can get a nice-looking, actually usable GUI? Apache, MPlayer, MAME etc. will work on both. Plus there's GarageBand. Pretty tempting if you ask me.