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Law’s Michael Benza discussed Charles Smith’s sentence

Former village mayor sentenced for credit card scheme on dark web

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Fox 8 Cleveland: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed former Woodmere Mayor Charles Smith Jr.’s 33-month prison sentence for aggravated identity theft connected to the dark web. “The major thing is to pay attention to how you’re connecting to the internet,” he said. “There could be someone sitting right next to you capturing your information.”