A Queens man was sentenced yesterday for running one of the largest identity-theft and credit-card scams in US history.
Amar Singh, 33, admitted last month that he masterminded a $13 million rip-off in which he would embed credit cards with stolen account information, send “shoppers” out to purchase items, and then resell them.
“You are a huge criminal. A rip-off artist extraordinary,” Queens Supreme Court Justice Richard Buchter said before sentencing Singh to 5 1/3 to 10 2/3 years in prison.
Singh and about 110 others were busted in October for the scam, which ran from July 16, 2010, to Sept. 20, 2011.
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