Biggest Identity Thief Ever Gets Put Away

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."

Sorry

[savagedome]

I absolutely did not see this Cumming.

Curious...

[MarkRose]

What I want to know is, when they caught the guy, did they have a positive ID?

Oh good call, your Honor.

[mikeophile]

Cummings, who is still free on bail, must report to prison on 9 March.

It's not like the guy could change his identity or anything.

Re:Just write it off I guess

[nizo]

But how much are all of his body parts worth at auction? Kidneys, corneas, heart, etc. Seems fair to me. Sadly still not enough I am sure.

What!?!?!?

[mr_resident]

HE's not Philip Cummings!

I AM!!!

In Other News...

[AmberBlackCat]

To add insult to injury, Mr. Cummings has now learned that everything he has purchased with his stolen ID's has been confiscated, including his new robot... his new girl robot. Heh heh heh...

Re:As a victim of identity theft....

[dabigpaybackski]

Come to think of it....maybe a public execution would be in order.

We could get one of those dudes from Saudi Arabia, you know, the guys with the big scimitars who lop off the heads of criminals. Then we put up billboards of this glowering headsman everywhere with the message, "If you commit identity theft, I will cut your fucking head off."

Might make a dent at least.

Re:No way

[dirkdidit]

the middle of a state that's in the middle of nowhere

Not to nitpick or anything, but Dickinson is slightly west and south of the middle of nowhere. The middle of nowhere is actually in Rugby, ND [rugbynorthdakota.com], which is the geographic center of North America.

Re:Cummings, who is still free on bail, must repor

[Hatta]

And how would you get there? Hidden in the back of a car or in someone's luggage? You won't get through customs. Your passport is definitely revoked in such case.

Yeah, if only he had some way of getting a new identity.

Re:Small towns suck.

[dirkdidit]

Hey now, we're not all hicks up here. Yes, we have those people who part cars on blocks in front of their trailer, but so does every other state.

We're rather intelligent, atleast when it comes to test scores. North Dakota has some of the highest educational test scores in the nation. We might live in a rural part of the country, but that doesn't mean we just live scattered out on the prairie, drinking beer and riding our tractors. Most people in North Dakota actually live in cities (well, what we call cities...population 10,000 or more) and have jobs in the service industry. Agriculture is a huge part of our state economy, however its really made up of a rather small group of people, and even the farmers usually aren't too hickish.

Tourism is our second largest industry-sector, behind agriculture. You'd be surprised what North Dakota [ndtourism.com] has to offer.