| HE'S BACK! VA'S
LAPTOP THIEF SENTENCED AGAIN
This time Jesus Pineda gets hard time
for illegally re-entering the United States.
NOTE from Larry Scott, VA
Watchdog dot Org ... In 2006 the theft of a VA employee's
laptop chock full of personal information on million of vets
rocked the veteran community.
The national media had a field
day. See our
VA Data Security News page.
They sent Jesus Pineda, one of
the thieves, home ... but, he came back.
You can find out more about
Pineda in this article ...
http://www.vawatchdog.org/old%20newsflashe
s%20AUG%2006/newsflash08-06-2006-14.htm
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LAREDO
VA laptop thief sentenced again
 A
Salvadoran man who was previously convicted of stealing a laptop
containing the identities of almost 20 million veterans was
sentenced Wednesday to nearly four years in federal prison for
illegally re-entering the United States.
Jesus Alexi Pineda, 22, was deported in 2007 after serving time on
a burglary conviction in Rockville, Md.
During the burglary, he and two
other teens broke into the home of a Veterans Affairs employee and
stole a laptop and external hard drive containing the names,
Social Security numbers and birth dates of 19.6 million veterans
and military personnel.
It was considered the worst-ever breach of government data at the
time.
The equipment was recovered and the data never used after someone
turned in the laptop for a $50,000 reward.
Pineda was caught in April by Border Patrol agents walking on a
ranch north of Laredo.
He pleaded guilty to illegal
entry and was sentenced Wednesday to three years and 10 months in
federal prison.
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TOPICS:
veterans, veterans' benefits, VA, Department of Veterans' Affairs,
laptop, theft |
