Pelvis Popcan
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If you've logged in at the right times in the past week or so, you've probably seen spam postings advertising stolen credit card info.
I just found it interesting that this spam stopped after Wednesday, which happens to be right after the arrest of someone who spent a lot of time posting stolen credit card spam on web forums.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_565242.html
Just thought it was interesting.
I just found it interesting that this spam stopped after Wednesday, which happens to be right after the arrest of someone who spent a lot of time posting stolen credit card spam on web forums.
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_565242.html
Aug 12, 2010
Credit card fraud man nabbed
WASHINGTON - A MAN the United States deems one of the worst offenders among sellers of stolen financial data was arrested in Nice, France, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.
Vladislav Horohorin, 27, of Moscow and a dual Israeli and Ukrainian national, was arrested Saturday in Nice on a US warrant as he prepared to board a flight to Moscow, the department said. He was indicted by a US federal grand jury in Nov 2009 on charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. If convicted on all counts, he could face 12 years in prison and fines of US$500,000 (S$682,300).
The United States believes the suspect is one of the founders of CarderPlanet, a criminal Internet forum on which stolen credit card data are sold.
'The network created by the founders of CarderPlanet, including Vladislav Horohorin, remains one of the most sophisticated organisations of online financial criminals in the world,' said US Secret Service Assistant Director for Investigations Michael Merritt.
'This network has been repeatedly linked to nearly every major intrusion of financial information reported to the international law enforcement community,' Merritt added.
Using an alias 'BadB' the suspect advertised the availability of stolen credit card data on web forums, and to make payments through Internet financial services including 'Webmoney,' an online currency service hosted in Russia, the Justice department said. If convicted on all counts, he could face 12 years in prison and fines of US$500,000 (S$682,300). -- AFP.
Just thought it was interesting.