Hacker Gets 13 Years in Prison

Written by Sue Walsh on February 22, 2010

cuffsA notorious hacker who ran an underground site that was a popular hangout spot for hackers, carders, scammers, spammers, and other cybercriminals was slammed with a 13 year prison sentence for his part in a series of credit card scams that cost the US $86 million.

Max Ray Vision was also ordered to pay over $27 million in restitution. He ran CardersMarket, a forum where cybercriminals bought and sold malware and stolen card numbers, swapped war stories and socialized. His crimes, which included harvesting stolen banking and credit card information, came to a halt after the Secret Service infiltrated the site. When arrested he had near 2 million stolen credit card numbers in his possession.

Vision was facing a life sentence but it was reduced due to his cooperation with authorities. It won’t be his first time-in 2001 he spent 18 months in jail for participating in a scripting attack against the Pentagon.


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