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 Departments failures
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)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 Organizations transnational racketeering conspiracy include:
Svyatoslav Bondarkeno of Ukraine;
Amjad Ali aka Amjad Ali Chaudary, aka RedruMZ, aka Amjad Chaudary, 35, of Pakistan;
Roland Patrick NDjimbi 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 MuadDib;
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, akaShadow, 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)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.