A New York man was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in an elaborate $200 million credit card fraud scheme. He was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Raghbir Singh, 61, was charged in February 2013 in a scheme that procured thousands of credit cards by creating over 7,000 fake identities.…

Two men from Yonkers, New York, were arrested for identity theft after police discovered over 80 forged credit cards hidden in their rental car. They also found a laptop containing “hundreds, possibly thousands” of stolen credit card numbers, according to investigators. Gabriel Young, 26, and his co-defendant Omar Hidalgo pleaded guilty to a felony charge…

Charges for crimes such as credit card fraud, identity theft, and other Internet crimes are becoming more common. Police say that the occurrence of such crimes has risen, and prosecutors have increased their focus on these charges. Manhattan district attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said that identity theft and Internet crime make up one quarter…