3 men charged in $100 Million online scareware scheme

[iliketurtles]

3 men charged in $100m scareware scam

This is a lot similar to what happened during the rebill era - advertising using - false promises in order to get user's CC, multiple merchant accounts, shady customer service, everything offshore.

Would be interested in seeing what the US govt will be able to do since these men had clearly planned ahead by doing everything offshore. The $100 million is said to be in a Ukraine bank...is it possible for US government to get a hold of that?

 

[mpbiz]

takes some bronze balls to try and pull shit like that

 

[Solarus]

takes some bronze balls to try and pull shit like that

Which they can now afford to cover in 24K gold and encrust in diamonds

 

[JonesersRX7]

/late


http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/92384-three-accused-conning-buyers-software-scheme.html

 

[iPwnNoobs]

haters gonna hate

 

[kblessinggr]

Been going on since the fake antivirus programs.

curious though, other than jail time have we ever seen much money come back from any online scammers/etc who were convicted?

 

[johu]

Been going on since the fake antivirus programs.

curious though, other than jail time have we ever seen much money come back from any online scammers/etc who were convicted?

Last big case like this was probably the one against James Reed McCreary / AlphaRed, by Microsoft, but I'm not sure if he resurfaced - I believe he fled the country, and AlphaRed was thrown into bankruptcy (raided the coffers before leaving?). Not sure if he ever came back...

 

[Garrett]

What I dont get is why people are so greedy/dumb that they need scam to the tune of $100Mil. I mean, they probably would have gotten away with it had they pulled out after $5 million or so.

 

[megatabbers]

What I dont get is why people are so greedy/dumb that they need scam to the tune of $100Mil. I mean, they probably would have gotten away with it had they pulled out after $5 million or so.

I think with that kind of money coming in it would be hard to just stop it.

"Just a few more mil and then we'll close shop..."

 

[Paper Clique]

Ukraine? Good luck seeing a cent of that money back. Lol.

 

[DirSP]

What I dont get is why people are so greedy/dumb that they need scam to the tune of $100Mil. I mean, they probably would have gotten away with it had they pulled out after $5 million or so.

They are not from the US. They can be living like a king somewhere with a new identity. The Russian are happy to house them and their $100mil.

 

[mediasup]

Computer and Wire Fraud the government will probably get the money