soupnazi

No, not the Seinfeld soup vendor. This soupnazi is the online name used by Albert Gonzalez who Seth Kosto, an assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey who specializes in computer fraud, called "a very important player in a sophisticated ring that has real results at the street level of bank, retail, debit- and credit-card fraud."

According to The Wall Street Journal, "The indictment, interviews and recent court documents in the cases pending against Mr. Gonzalez paint him as a rising star in the cyber underground. He launched what he called 'operation get rich or die tryin,' targeting Fortune 500 companies with his data-theft operations, according to a sentencing memo filed in federal district court in Massachusetts in the TJ Maxx matter. These documents say he threw himself a $75,000 birthday party and at one point lamented he had to count more than $340,000 by hand because his money counter had broken.

Such large sums, primarily in $20 bills allegedly stolen from ATMs, proved tough to manage, the sentencing memo says. He was considering investing in a club, but told one of his co-conspirators in the TJX heist that he would only be able to pull together $300,000 in a'legitimate appearing form' like a check, according to the documents."