Philip Cummings, an employee at a Long Island, New York computer company, is alleged to have used passwords belonging to various financial institutions to steal personal information from over 30,000 people. Recently, it was announced that an additional 10,000 people may be victims of identity theft. Cummings and an accomplice are alleged to have sold lists of credit-card numbers for a fee of $60.00 per name. According to court documents, Cummings and his accomplice used a personal laptop to access credit bureaus' databases. For more details, visit: http://makeashorterlink.com/?S2CB535A2

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