Man sentenced to six years in prison for stealing millions in cryptocurrency via SIM swapping Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2024 A US man has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in a fraudulent scheme that resulted in the theft of millions of dollars through SIM swapping. Daniel James Junk (22) of Portland was […]
Cryptocurrency Fraud , Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime Teen Could Serve Extended Prison Terms for Wire Fraud, Aggravated Identity Charges Prajeet Nair (@prajeetspeaks) • January 31, 2024 Noah Michael Urban, 19, faces 10 charges related to SIM swapping to steal cryptocurrency. (Image: Volusia County Sheriff’s Office) U.S. federal prosecutors charged a Florida […]
A TrickBot malware developer sentenced to 64 months in prison Pierluigi Paganini January 26, 2024 The Russian national malware developer Vladimir Dunaev was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for his role in the TrickBot operation. The Russian national Vladimir Dunaev (40) has been sentenced in the US to 64 months in prison […]
A 22-year-old Frenchman was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in U.S. federal prison for his participation in the ShinyHunters hacking group. Sebastien Raoult, also known as “Sezyo Kaizen,” was extradited to the U.S. in January 2023 after his arrest in Morocco the year before. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and […]
Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Ransomware Vladimir Dunaev Faces Up to 35 Years in Prison David Perera (@daveperera) • December 1, 2023 A Russian national pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court for his role in developing TrickBot. Operators of the malware targeted hospitals and healthcare centers with ransomware attacks during the […]
A Ukrainian citizen was sentenced to eight years in U.S. prison for administering a marketplace that sold the personal information of millions of Americans. Vitalii Chychasov, 37, was arrested in March of last year while attempting to enter Hungary and was later extradited to the U.S. Chychasov previously agreed to forfeit $5 million in proceeds […]
The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it wants to require a prison communications provider to improve its security practices and incident reporting policies after the company failed to protect sensitive information about “hundreds of thousands” of users and did not notify all victims of the breach. The draft complaint and proposed order against Virginia-based […]
A Florida man was sentenced to prison last week for his role in a hacking scheme that resulted in the theft of approximately $1 million in cryptocurrency. The 20–year-old Orlando man, identified as Jordan Dave Persad, was found guilty of hacking into victims’ email accounts and hijacking their phone numbers to gain access to cryptocurrency […]
A former US Navy IT manager was sentenced to five years and five months in prison for hacking into a database, stealing personally identifiable information (PII), and selling it on the dark web. The man, Marquis Hooper, 32, of Selma, California, who was a chief petty officer, opened under false pretenses an account at a […]