Hurriyet Daily News reports: A court in Ankara has arrested nine additional individuals as part of a Turkish intelligence operation that dismantled an international cyber espionage network intercepting personal data. The total number of arrested suspects in the inquiry has now reached 20, as security sources said on Oct. 18. Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MİT) and the Ankara police…
Category: ID Theft
Federal grand jury indicts Buffalo Police detective for purchases made on illicit online marketplace and making false statements to the FBI
BUFFALO, N.Y. — U.S. Attorney Trini E. Ross announced today that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Terrance Michael Ciszek a/k/a DrMonster, 34, of Buffalo, NY, with possession of unauthorized access devices with intent to defraud and making a false statement to an agency of the United States, which carry a maximum…
Owner of Garfield Counseling Center Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Orchestrating Health Care Fraud Scheme
NEWARK, N.J. – The owner of a New Jersey counseling center was sentenced today to 15 months in prison for her role in a health care fraud scheme involving hundreds of false claims, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Maria P. Cosentino, 61, of Garfield, New Jersey, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Katharine…
Two Russian Nationals Charged in Connection with Operating Billion Dollar Money Laundering Services
A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice: The Justice Department today announced actions coordinated with the Department of State, Department of the Treasury, and other federal and international law enforcement partners to combat Russian money laundering operations. The actions involved the unsealing of an indictment charging a Russian national with his involvement in…
Defendants Sentenced for Global Darknet Conspiracy
Defendants Sold Stolen Financial Information from Tens of Thousands of Victims Worldwide KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A citizen of Nigeria, who was extradited from the United Kingdom, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for his involvement in a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the darknet from tens of thousands of victims from around…
He sold databases of thousands of users: the police of Dnipropetrovsk region detained the hacker
The following is an automated machine (Google) translation of a press release from the Ukrainian cyberpolice: The cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region together with the investigators of the Investigative Department of the GUNP in the region, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor’s office, exposed and stopped the illegal activities of a 25-year-old…