NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A Hampton man has been sentenced to five years and one month in prison for stealing the identities of other people to obtain government benefits.

Steven Jay Perrino was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Norfolk. He had pleaded guilty to theft of government money and aggravated identity theft in November.

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