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Albert Gonzalez's (far right) crew lived a lifestyle as outrageous as their crimes.
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Albert stole 170 million credit-card numbers while relaxing at places like New York's Hotel on Rivington.
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Patrick Toey was his best operative.
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Stephen Watt was the group's coding genius.
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Their cybercrimes netted millions, enabling Albert to throw a $75,000 birthday party for himself and Stephen at an exclusive New York club.
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The son of Cuban immigrants, Albert Gonzalez fused the dorky and the suave, overseeing a global network of criminal hackers.
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Gonzalez in South Beach, Miami cutting lines on his laptop, 2006.
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Stephen Watt was Albert's best friend, a seven-foot bodybuilder who worked at Morgan Stanley.
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Famed among hackers as the "Unix Terrorist," he could dash off code even while stoned on Special K.
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Patrick Toey was a street kid from Virginia who dropped out of school at 15. After meeting Albert online, he helped hack into corporate networks in what he now calls "Operation Get Busted or Go to Prison Tryin."
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