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Evan Rosen

FBI arrests BreachForums operator on cybercrime charges

NEW YORK — A Peekskill man has been arrested for allegedly running the dark web hacking forum known as BreachForums.

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who went by the screen name “pompompurin,” is charged in a Virginia federal court with one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, court documents say.

Fitzpatrick, who is either 20 or 21 years old, was arrested this week at his home in Peekskill, say the court documents.

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