Indian-American Couple Sentenced for Largest ID Theft Scam in U.S. History

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Bangalore:  Amar Singh and Neha Punjani-Singh, an Indian-American couple have been sentenced to prison for identity theft and enterprise corruption charges. They are charged for one of the biggest ID theft and credit card scams in the history of America, reports Christina Carrega of New York Post.

Amar Singh has confessed to Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter that they stole the account details of certain people and developed some fake credit cards. They then sent "shoppers" to buy things from Apple and Best Buy for resale. Amar has also admitted that he is the master brain behind the whole operation.

"Hundreds of frauds were committed throughout the USA...this sentence is well deserved," the New York Post quoted the judge, as saying.

Both husband and wife have pleaded guilty and Singh also took the plea agreement so that his wife won’t have to face severe punishment.

Singh, along with 110 people made a total amount of 13 million dollars through their fraudulent deeds, between the time period-  July 16, 2010 to September 20, 2011.