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Michael Dolan, 24 from Connecticut has been jailed for seven years after he was found guilty of scamming AOL users through phishing.

Dolan and his five other accomplices developed an automated software that would troll AOL chat rooms and collect personal information from unsuspecting users.

After collecting information they would send phishing email claimed to include a Hallmark greeting card but actually contained a trojan. Through this technique they stole names and Social Security, credit card and bank account information from a number of users between 2002 and 2006.

Dolan and his co-defendants used the stolen information to order merchandise online and create counterfeit debit cards, which were used to access cash at ATM machines and purchase gas and other items, prosecutors said.

A second defendant, Keith Riedel, 21, of Winter Haven, Fla., pleaded guilty in August to the scam and was sentenced on Wednesday to time previously served. A third member of the gang, Daniel Mascia, is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 10. Three other cohorts — Charlie Blount Jr., Richard D’Andrea and Thomas Taylor Jr. — are scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 31.