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Related: About this forumThirty-six Defendants Indicted- Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses from Cybercrimes
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/thirty-six-defendants-indicted-alleged-roles-transnational-criminal-organization-responsibleDepartment of Justice
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Thirty-six Defendants Indicted for Alleged Roles in Transnational Criminal Organization Responsible for More than $530 Million in Losses from Cybercrimes
Law Enforcement Dismantles Forum Used to Victimize Millions in all 50 States and Worldwide in One of the Largest Cyberfraud Enterprises Ever Prosecuted by the Department of Justice
A federal indictment was unsealed today charging 36 individuals for their alleged roles in the Infraud Organization, 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.
Following the return of a nine-count superseding indictment by a Las Vegas, Nevada, grand jury alleging racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, federal, state, local, and international law enforcement authorities arrested 13 defendants from the United States and six countries: Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Kosovo and Serbia.
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According to the indictment, the Infraud Organization was created in October 2010 by Svyatoslav Bondarenko aka Obnon, aka Rector, aka Helkern, 34, of Ukraine, to promote and grow interest in the Infraud Organization as the premier destination for cardingpurchasing retail items with counterfeit or stolen credit card informationon the Internet. Under the slogan, In Fraud We Trust, the organization directed traffic and potential purchasers to the automated vending sites of its members, which served as online conduits to traffic in stolen means of identification, stolen financial and banking information, malware, and other illicit goods. It also provided an escrow service to facilitate illicit digital currency transactions among its members and employed screening protocols that purported to ensure only high quality vendors of stolen cards, personally identifiable information, and other contraband were permitted to advertise to members.
According to the indictment, Infraud members held defined roles within the organizations hierarchy. Administrators managed day-to-day operation of and strategic planning for the organization, approved and monitored membership, and meted out punishments and rewards to members. Super Moderators oversaw and administered specific subject-matter areas within their expertise. Moderators moderated one or two specific sub-forums within their areas of subject-matter expertise. Vendors sold illicit products and services to Infraud members. Finally, VIP Members and Members used the Infraud forum to gather information and to facilitate their criminal activities. As of March 2017, there were 10,901 registered members of the Infraud Organization.
During the course of its seven-year history, the Infraud Organization inflicted approximately $2.2 billion in intended losses, and more than $530 million in actual losses, on a wide swath of financial institutions, merchants, and private individuals, and would have continued to do so for the foreseeable future if left unchecked.
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