CANBERRA, ACT, May 18 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Victorian man was sentenced by the Melbourne County Court on 14 May, 2026, after pleading guilty to stealing mobile phone numbers from unsuspecting victims of identity theft.
The Lynbrook man, 35, was sentenced to two years and two months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 12 months.
He had previously pleaded guilty to:
* Nine counts of cause unauthorised access, modification or impairment of data with intention to commit or facilitate the commission of a serious offence, contrary to section 477.1(1) of the Criminal Code (Cth). One count of obtain financial advantage by deception, contrary to section 82(1) of the Crimes Act 1958 (Vic).* On...