“I'm guilty of the crimes ... I accept full responsibility for my actions “, said 28 years old Albert Gonzalez, the “most prolific commercial hacker” known, who has been sentenced for 20-years in jail. He was pleading for lenience in his second hearing in front of Federal Judge Douglas Woodlock, who concluded the sentence after two other judges evaluated the case.

A participant of a cybercrime contest, hacker, Albert Gonzalez, stole millions of credit and debit card numbers. Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment by US District Court on Friday.

The kingpin of one of the largest known identity theft cases in US history, Albert Gonzalez, 28, Friday pleaded guilty, as expected, to federal charges in Massachusetts and New York. Gonzalez also agreed to forfeit over $2.7 million in compensation, a condo, a car and jewelry.

According to court papers filed in a federal court in Boston on Friday, the 28-year-old Miami computer hacker, Albert Gonzalez, who allegedly was the mastermind behind two of the biggest identity theft in the US history, has agreed to plead guilty to related charges.