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BreachForums Founder Resentenced to Three Years After Appeal Overturns Lenient Term

The resentencing followed a ruling that his original punishment did not account for the gravity of the crimes.

Overview

  • Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 22, known online as Pompompurin, received a three-year prison term on Sept. 16, 2025, for operating BreachForums and possessing child sexual abuse material.
  • A Jan. 21, 2025 Fourth Circuit opinion vacated his 2024 time-served sentence, citing a lack of remorse and violations of pretrial internet restrictions.
  • He pleaded guilty to access device conspiracy, access device solicitation, and possession of child sexual abuse material.
  • He must forfeit over 100 domain names, more than a dozen electronic devices, and cryptocurrency proceeds tied to the marketplace.
  • BreachForums launched in March 2022 after RaidForums was seized and grew to over 330,000 members, offering at least 888 datasets totaling more than 14 billion records, including data on roughly 200 million social-network users and 87,760 InfraGard members.