Paige Thompson, who stole the financial data of over 100 million Capital One customers, might be sentenced more harshly following a Ninth Circuit appeals court ruling. Thompson, a former Amazon employee, was previously sentenced to time served plus probation after her conviction for wire fraud and computer breaches. The court, acknowledging the gravity of her offense, deemed the original sentence lenient, especially given it was one of the largest data thefts in U.S. history. The Department of Justice is pushing for stiffer penalties, arguing personal circumstances should not mitigate the severity of the crime.
Thompson's personal vulnerabilities do not outweigh all the other sentencing considerations, leading the appeals court to order a new hearing for her sentencing.
The Department of Justice expressed dissatisfaction with Thompson's lenient sentence, arguing that the severity of her crime warranted a harsher penalty.
Collection
[
|
...
]