A former AMP contractor who illegally downloaded customer passport and drivers licence details has been sentenced to a nine-month NSW community penalty.
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Yi "Paulsson" Zheng, who was arrested by NSW Police when trying to fly to China in January, pleaded guilty to possessing identity information to commit an indictable offence after the breach involving 20 customers' documents which were sent as a zip file to his personal Gmail address in Sydney in December.
The 28-year-old Chinese national was employed in May 2018 by AMP as a "Support Officer - File Retrieval and Build" and was required to access and compile the digital documents of up to four customers a day before forwarding them to an AMP financial adviser for further review.
In Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, magistrate Michael Barko sentenced him to imprisonment of nine months, to be served in the community by way of an intensive correction order.
The order includes a condition that he perform 180 hours of community work.
Australian Associated Press