Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
A vaccine for $4.95!? Nah, we didn’t think so, either. Shuttering the alleged rip-off site is the DOJ’s 1st takedown of COVID-19 flimflam. Continue reading Feds shut down bogus COVID-19 vaccine site
Category Archives: Wire Fraud
Fake Coronavirus ‘Vaccine’ Website Busted in DoJ Takedown
Authorities have cracked down on a website that claimed to give out coronavirus vaccine kits – but that was actually stealing victims’ payment card data and personal information. Continue reading Fake Coronavirus ‘Vaccine’ Website Busted in DoJ Takedown
Cardplanet mastermind pleads guilty to credit card fraud
Cardplanet offered refunds on invalid card data, along with a card checking service that ensured a stolen card was still valid. Continue reading Cardplanet mastermind pleads guilty to credit card fraud
IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m
He cooked up an IT vendor, its invoices, its vapor-gear, and the phantom employees who never showed up to do all those services. Continue reading IT exec sets up fake biz to scam his employer out of $6m
18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian
DOJ Press Release: 18 Members of International Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy
The Southern District of New York brought charges on 18 people for their involvement in an ATM Skimming ring that planted hundreds of skimming devices in at … Continue reading 18 Members of ATM Skimmer Gang Arrested — Mostly Romanian
FBI Fraud Arrests by Field Office, 2018
Each year, crime data geeks look forward to the publication of the CJIS “Crime in the United States” report. On September 30th, the FBI was able to share the Uniform Crime Report information for 2018, describing information about Violent Crime,… Continue reading FBI Fraud Arrests by Field Office, 2018
Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals
Operation: ReWired announced on September 10, 2019 On September 10, 2019, the Department of Justice announced that 281 arrests related to Business Email Compromise had been made, with 74 of those arrested being in the United States. It wi… Continue reading Operation ReWired arrests 281 Business Email Compromise criminals
Fin7 sysadmin pleads guilty to running IT for billion-dollar crime syndicate
Fedir Oleksiyovich Hladyr is the first member of the infamous cybercrime network to be found guilty of hacking-related crimes in a US court. Continue reading Fin7 sysadmin pleads guilty to running IT for billion-dollar crime syndicate
Capital One cryptojacking suspect indicted
The former software engineer allegedly created scanners to look for misconfigured servers rented from a cloud computing company. Continue reading Capital One cryptojacking suspect indicted
Los Angeles: Stories of the BEC Victims (part 2)
In my last blog post, Los Angeles Court charges 80 Nigerians with BEC and Romance Scam Crimes, we laid out the background of a major BEC investigation and telling the stories of six victims, but the court documents shared the details from thirty c… Continue reading Los Angeles: Stories of the BEC Victims (part 2)