LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in what authorities say is an unprecedented criminal case involving an international cybercrime syndicate with hundreds of thousands of U.S. victims. A federal judge in Las Vegas imposed the sentence Thursday on David Camez, 22, who already is serving a seven-year term in Arizona for similar crimes. "Camez was a member of a vast criminal organization that facilitated rampant cyberfraud throughout the world," said David O'Neil, acting assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. Michael Adams, a Secret Service agent who infiltrated the crime ring, testified Thursday that federal agents recovered 210,000 stolen credit and debit account numbers in raids. During sentencing, U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon said he had sympathy for the victims because he also has experienced identity theft.
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