The man credited with driving state lawmakers to craft the current identity theft law has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, with a court ordered mandatory minimum of eight years.
Pyong Pak first got into trouble for stealing identities back in 2001. He would eventually serve eight years for his crimes.
In 2007, he was put on probation and just two years later he would start another crime spree.
Pak was the ringleader of an ID theft ring that stole hundreds of thousands of dollars before the Prosecutor’s Office, along with the State Attorney General’s Office, the United States Postal Service, and the Secret Service busted the ring.
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Pak would be charged with more than 70 counts, ranging from identity theft to theft.
At his sentencing on Wednesday, Pak told Circuit Court Judge Colette Garibaldi, “I am sorry for what I did.”
Pak served in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War in the early 1990’s and was decorated for his service.
His attorney says his client suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and battles drug addiction.
Besides prison, Pak could face deportation.
