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Frenchman Pleads Guilty to Cybercrimes in US Court Overview In a significant development in the realm of cybercrime, a 22-year-old Frenchman, Sebastien Raoult, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft in a US court. Raoult, also known as Sezyo Kaizen, was extradited to the United States from Morocco after being…
Frenchman Charged with Cybercrimes Pleads Guilty in US Court In a landmark cybercrime case, a 22-year-old Frenchman, Sebastien Raoult, also known as Sezyo Kaizen, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and identity theft in a US District Court in Seattle, Washington. Raoult, along with two co-conspirators, Gabriel Bildstein and Abdel-Hakim El-Ahmadi, formed…
Cybercrime Nigerian Pleads Guilty in US to Million-Dollar BEC Scheme Role The Case of Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo A Nigerian national residing in South Africa, Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, pleaded guilty in a US court to his role in a million-dollar business email compromise (BEC) fraud scheme. The scheme involved gaining unauthorized access to email accounts, sending…
Russian Hacker Dariy Pankov Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime Charges Russian hacker Dariy Pankov has recently pleaded guilty to computer fraud charges in the United States. Pankov had been extradited from Georgia earlier this year and is now facing a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. He had been charged with developing and selling…
Cryptocurrency Exchange Hack and PAM Security Strategies Introduction In recent news, the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex was targeted in a hack that resulted in the loss of millions of dollars worth of digital assets. This incident, coupled with the guilty plea of a New York City couple involved in a shady cryptocurrency scheme, highlights the need…
Cybercrime: New York Couple Plead Guilty to Bitcoin Laundering Internet Security In a significant development in the world of cybercrime, a married couple from New York, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, known as “Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde,” have pleaded guilty to laundering billions of dollars in stolen bitcoin. The couple was arrested in February…
Cybercrime: NYC Couple Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering in Bitfinex Hack The Case In a significant development, a New York City couple arrested in February 2022 for allegedly laundering approximately $3.6 billion in stolen cryptocurrency has pleaded guilty to money laundering, with one of them admitting to hacking the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange in 2016. The…
Cybercrime in Los Angeles: Guilty Plea Reveals SIM Swapper’s Scheme Introduction Amir Hossein Golshan, a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles, has pleaded guilty to perpetrating multiple cybercrime schemes using SIM swapping. Between April 2019 and February 2023, Golshan engaged in account takeovers, Zelle payment fraud, and Apple support impersonation, causing approximately $740,000 in losses to…
Cybercrime Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty The Case Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the infamous cybercrime website BreachForums, has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to commit device fraud, access device fraud, and possession of child pornography. Fitzpatrick, known online as “Pompompurin,” admitted to operating BreachForums as a marketplace for cybercriminals to…
Perimeter 81 Network Security Platform Increases Efficiency for IT Managers As cybercrime continues to rise, IT managers are tasked with ensuring their company’s network is secure from fraudulent activities such as darknet, carding, fraud, and other cybercrimes. With the recent guilty plea of a Romanian hacker who participated in a billion-dollar cyber scam, the need…