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UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 01:41 PM Feb 2018

Justice Department indicts 36 people for role in $530 million worth of cybercrime

Source: CBS Marketwatch

The Justice Department said it's indicted 36 people for their alleged role in an internet-based cybercriminal enterprise engaged in the large-scale acquisition, sale, and dissemination of stolen identities, compromised debit and credit cards, personally identifiable information, financial and banking information, computer malware, and other contraband. It said 13 people were arrested in the U.S., Australia, the U.K., France, Italy, Kosovo and Serbia. Its members allegedly caused more than $530 million in actual losses to consumers, businesses, and financial institutions, the Justice Department said. The group was called the Infraud Organization and had a slogan, "In Fraud We Trust," the government said.

Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/justice-department-indicts-36-people-for-role-in-530-million-worth-of-cybercrime-2018-02-07



Just more proof of our Justice Department’s failures

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pnwmom

(108,990 posts)
1. A couple are Ukrainian. Hopefully they has some useful information and they can be flipped..
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 01:51 PM
Feb 2018

You never know.

(The man said to be responsible for the DNC hacking, Nikulin, was indicted for non DNC charges.)

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42978428

Other defendants include Svyatoslav Bondarenko, a Ukranian accused of having created Infraud in October 2010.


https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirty-six-defendants-indicted-alleged-roles-transnational-criminal-organization-responsible

The defendants indicted for their alleged roles in the Infraud Organization’s transnational racketeering conspiracy include:

Svyatoslav Bondarkeno of Ukraine;
Amjad Ali aka “Amjad Ali Chaudary,” aka “RedruMZ,” aka “Amjad Chaudary,” 35, of Pakistan;
Roland Patrick N’Djimbi Tchikaya aka “Darker,” aka “dark3r.cvv,” 37, of France;
Miroslav Kovacevic aka “Goldjunge,” 32, of Serbia;
Frederick Thomas aka “Mosto,” aka “1stunna,” aka “Bestssn,” 37, of Alabama;
Osama Abdelhamed aka “MrShrnofr,” aka “DrOsama,” aka “DrOsama1,” 27, of Egypt;
Besart Hoxha aka “Pizza,” 25, of Kosovo;
Raihan Ahmed aka “Chan,” aka “Cyber Hacker,” aka “Mae Tony,” aka “Tony,” 26, of Bangladesh;
Andrey Sergeevich Novak aka “Unicc,” aka “Faaxxx,” aka “Faxtrod” of the Russian Federation;
Valerian Chiochiu aka “Onassis,” aka “Flagler,” aka “Socrate,” aka “Eclessiastes,” 28, of Moldova;
John Doe #8 aka “Aimless88;”
Gennaro Fioretti aka “DannyLogort,” aka “Genny Fioretti,” 56, of Italy;
Edgar Rojas aka “Edgar Andres Viloria Rojas,” aka “Guapo,” aka “Guapo1988,” aka “Onlyshop,” 27, of Australia;
John Telusma aka “John Westley Telusma,” aka “Peterelliot,” aka “Pete,” aka “Pette,” 33, of Brooklyn, New York;
Rami Fawaz aka “Rami Imad Fawaz,” aka “Validshop,” aka “Th3d,” aka “Zatcher,” aka “Darkeyes,” 26, of Ivory Coast;
Muhammad Shiraz aka “Moviestar,” aka “Leslie” of Pakistan;
Jose Gamboa aka “Jose Gamboa-Soto,” aka “Rafael Garcia,” aka “Rafael101,” aka “Memberplex2006” aka “Knowledge,” 29, of Los Angeles, California;
Alexey Klimenko aka “Grandhost,” 34, of Ukraine;
Edward Lavoile aka “Eddie Lavoie,” aka “Skizo,” aka “Eddy Lavoile,” 29, of Canada;
Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu aka “Aslike1,” aka “Aslike,” aka “Moneymafia,” aka “Shilonng,” 29, of the United Kingdom;
Pius Sushil Wilson aka “FDIC,” aka “TheRealGuru,” aka “TheRealGuruNYC,” aka “RealGuru,” aka “Po1son,” aka “1nfection,” aka “1nfected,” 31, of Flushing, New York;
Muhammad Khan aka “CoolJ2,” aka “CoolJ,” aka “Secureroot,” aka “Secureroot1,” aka “Secureroot2,” aka “Mohammed Khan,” 41, of Pakistan;
John Doe #7 aka “Muad’Dib;”
John Doe #1 aka “Carlitos,” aka “TonyMontana;”
David Jonathan Vargas aka “Cashmoneyinc,” aka “Avb,” aka “Poony,” aka “Renegade11,” aka “DvdSVrgs,” 33, of San Diego, California;
John Doe #2;
Marko Leopard aka “Leopardmk,” 28, of Macedonia;
John Doe #4 aka “Best4Best,” aka “Wazo,” aka “Modmod,” aka “Alone1,” aka“Shadow,” aka “Banderas,” aka “Banadoura;”
Liridon Musliu aka “Ccstore,” aka “Bowl,” aka “Hulk,” 26, of Kosovo;
John Doe #5 aka “Deputat,” aka “Zo0mer;”
Mena Mouries Abd El-Malak aka “Mina Morris,” aka “Source,” aka “Mena2341,” aka “MenaSex,” 34, of Egypt; and
John Doe #6 aka “Goldenshop,”aka “Malov.”

hlthe2b

(102,334 posts)
2. I hope the creep that ran up $2k in charges within two hours of cloning my card at gas pump
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 02:00 PM
Feb 2018

is among those caught now or shortly. I am very grateful for my credit union in notifying me and assisting me in getting ahead of this before they attached to any credit lines or fully decimated me, but damn what a nightmare.

I NEVER use ATMs or credit cards at outdoor gas pumps now. Suggest others take note.

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