Hacker sentenced to 21 yrs; reduced to 10
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The Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a Thai man, who hacked information of Siam Commercial Bank's customers and transferred money to pay debts at Bt368,800, to a 21 years and nine months in prison.
Due to his useful confession, the man’s jail term was reduced to 10 years, 10 months and 15 days. He was also ordered to repay the Bt Bt368,800 to the damged persons.
The lawsuit stated that from September 2227, 2009, Panupat Penpatreuksermsuk, 30, used ATM codes and passwords of four bank customers to apply for SCB Easy Net service, through which he transferred the damaged persons’ money to buy online goods in four occasions totaling Bt368,800, after which Police Technology Crime Suppression Division’s investigation led to his arrest.
