In yet another embarrassment for India, its two nationals have been sentenced by a US court for involvement in a conspiracy to steal sensitive data from the US government.

According to Kashmir Media Service, Murali Venkata and Sonal Patel were convicted for stealing proprietary software and databases containing sensitive law enforcement information and personally identifying information of over two hundred thousand US federal employees.

Both Venkata and Patel were sentenced to four months in prison and two years of probation with one year of home incarceration, along with a fine of 40 thousand dollar.