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Troy Murray sentencing in wire fraud data-selling case

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Federal prosecutors sentenced Troy Murray to 121 months in prison in a wire fraud case tied to the sale of elderly Americans' personal information to scammers. The judgment also imposed three years of supervised release and a $5.2 million forfeiture.

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    Troy Murray sentenced to 121 months for selling elderly Americans' personal data to scammers

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    Troy Murray of North Carolina, who used the Steve Dixon pseudonym, was sentenced after a January 2026 guilty plea to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for selling lead lists with the names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses of over 7 million elderly Americans to scammers in Jamaica and elsewhere between 2016 and 2023. Prosecutors said he sent at least 22,000 lead lists, generated more than $5.2 million, and caused victim losses exceeding $9.5 million; the court also ordered three years of supervised release and forfeiture of $5.2 million.

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