A federal grand jury Thursday indicted Lin Mun Poo, a 32-year-old resident and citizen of Malaysia, on charges of hacking into the Federal Reserve Bank, as well as possessing more than 400,000 stolen credit and debit card numbers. If convicted of the most serious offenses, he would face a maximum sentence of 10 years.
"The defendant made a career of compromising computer servers belonging to financial institutions, defense contractors, and major corporations, among others, and selling or trading the information contained therein for exploitation by others," according to the Department of Justice.
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