--- title: "Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans" url: https://daily.dev/posts/man-sent-to-prison-for-selling-data-of-7-millions-elderly-americans-yaboimwr3 source_url: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-sent-to-prison-for-selling-data-of-7-millions-elderly-americans type: article source: "BleepingComputer" published: 2026-05-29T11:16:36.355Z updated: 2026-05-29T16:37:34.682Z tags: ["data-privacy", "identity-theft"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A North Carolina man, Troy Murray, was sentenced to over 10 years in prison for selling personal data of more than 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers between 2016 and 2023. Murray sold lead lists containing names, phone numbers, addresses, and emails, charging $500 per list and generating over $5.2 million for himself. The scheme caused victim losses exceeding $9.5 million. His son also pleaded guilty to money laundering $1.6 million of the proceeds. The case highlights a surge in elder fraud, with the FBI reporting over 200,000 complaints from Americans aged 60+ in 2024, totaling nearly $7.8 billion in losses — a 59% year-over-year increase. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers](https://daily.dev/posts/former-us-execs-plead-guilty-to-aiding-tech-support-scammers-av6pkyolr) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [US charges two over laundering $43 million from investment fraud](https://daily.dev/posts/us-charges-two-over-laundering-43-million-from-investment-fraud-aljmtvnff) · BleepingComputer · 9 upvotes · 0 comments - [Data analyst sent to prison for stealing data, extorting employer](https://daily.dev/posts/data-analyst-sent-to-prison-for-stealing-data-extorting-employer-dsx3gybt7) · BleepingComputer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Brits warned as illegal robo-callers fined £550,000](https://daily.dev/posts/brits-warned-as-illegal-robo-callers-fined-550-000-h2pwac90j) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy), [#identity-theft](https://daily.dev/tags/identity-theft) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/man-sent-to-prison-for-selling-data-of-7-millions-elderly-americans-yaboimwr3)