Hacker Gets 13 Years, Must Repay $27.5 Million

A San Francisco man who had more than 1.8 million stolen bank and credit card numbers on his home computers was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison and ordered to repay $27.5 million to the banks and credit card companies he victimized. Max Ray Vision, who legally changed his last name from Butler, had pleaded guilty in June to his role in an online clearinghouse where identity thieves shared stolen information.

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