At least 25 of the 37 Internet fraud suspects indicted in the United States on September 30 are Russians. This follows from documents posted on Friday on the website of the U.S. Department of Justice.
According to the indictment, a group of fraudsters, which also included citizens of Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan, stole passwords to the “personal accounts” of depositors using the Zeus Trojan program. Then, using the stolen passwords, they transferred the Americans’ money to fake accounts and cashed it out. The attackers managed to steal about $3 million dollars from five U.S. banks, the couriers received from 8 to 10 percent of the reward for illegal transactions.
Most of the accused entered the U.S. on student visas. As specified by RIA Novosti, among the Russians caught in the crime were Artem Tsygankov 22 years old, Sofia Dikova 20 years old, Masim Paferov 23 years old, Christina Izvekova 22 years old, Artem Semenov 23 years old, Almira Rakhmatulina 20 years old, Yulia Shpirko 20 years old, Maxim Miroshnichenko 22 years old, Yulia Sidorenko 22 years old, Christina Svechinskaya 21 years old, Stanislav Rastorguev 22 years old, Margarita Pakhomova 21 years old, Ilya Karasev 22 years old, Marina Misyura 22 years old, Nikolay Garifulin 21 years old, Dmitry Saprunov 22 years old, Kasum Adiguzelov 25 years old, Sabina Rafikova 23 years old, Adel Gataulin 22 years old, Ruslan Kovtanyuk 24 years old, Yulia Klepikova 22 years old, Natalia Demina 23 years old, Alexander Sorokin 23 years old, Alexander Fedorov 24 years old, Anton Yuferitsyn 26 years old. In addition, the case file includes Alexander Kireev, 22, and Konstantin Akobirov, 25, whose nationality is not specified.
According to some reports, only 20 people out of 37 have been detained so far, the rest are wanted. A total of 21 criminal cases have been opened on conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, document forgery, use of forged documents and illegal use of passports.
If the guilt of those arrested is proven, they face imprisonment for terms from 10 to 30 years, fines ranging from 250 thousand to a million dollars and compensation of losses to victims.
Recall, on Tuesday in the UK were also detained 20 people suspected of Internet fraud. It was reported that they are all natives of Eastern Europe, but there were no Russians among them. The fraudsters operating in the UK allegedly stole at least 6 million pounds from depositors of HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank and Lloyds TSB.
Source: https://lenta.ru/news/2010/10/01/zeus/