Half a million US ID's traded

A Vietnamese man has recently been arrested and charged with what the DoJ refer to as "fullz" - (personal information) of hundreds of thousands of Americans. He was charged with the sale and resale of that information.

Hieu Minh Ngo, 24, a Vietnamese national, is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, substantive wire fraud, conspiracy to commit identity fraud, substantive identity fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, and substantive access device fraud, according to a Department of Justice statement on the case.

"Fullz" info includes the persons name, date of birth, social security number, bank account number and bank routing number.

His charge includes trying to sell "personal information packages" of more than 500,000 people.