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Nigerian national sentenced in ChoicePoint ID theft case

LOS ANGELES - A Nigerian national who pleaded guilty to identity theft charges related to information stolen from consumer data collector ChoicePoint Inc. was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $6.5 million in restitution.

Olatunji Oluwatosin, 42, of North Hollywood, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Bob Bowers Jr.

Oluwatosin pleaded guilty in December to conspiracy to commit computer access fraud and grand theft, the district attorney's office said in a statement.

He was indicted by a grand jury in August 2005 on 22 counts of identity theft, conspiracy, grand theft and credit card fraud. [Read more - The Mercury News]

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