Six arrested in the uk in worldwide FBI-led card data sting
Law enforcement officers have arrested six people in the UK and 12 in the US in an FBI-led
sting operation that netted a total of 24 credit card cyber fraudsters in 13 countries.
The arrests follow a two-year undercover FBI investigation that tracked those buying and
selling credit card information through a fake online forum,according to the BBC.
As a result of Operation Card Shop, investigators have notified credit card providers of
more than 400,000 compromised accounts,preventing an estimated f131m in losses.
All of those arrested are men aged between 18 and form the US, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Some face 40 years in prison if convicted on fraud-related charges.
One of the man, Mirlslam, has been charged with trafficking in 50,000 stolen credit card
numbers.
Authorities said lslam had admitted to helping hacker group UgNazi, which claimed to have
launched a cyber attack against the microblogging service Twitter last week, according to
the Guardian.
US district attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement:"Clever computer criminals operating
behind the supposed veil of the internet are still subject to the long arm of the law."
Six arrested in the uk in worldwide FBI-led card data sting
Law enforcement officers have arrested six people in the UK and 12 in the US in an FBI-led
sting operation that netted a total of 24 credit card cyber fraudsters in 13 countries.
The arrests follow a two-year undercover FBI investigation that tracked those buying and
selling credit card information through a fake online forum,according to the BBC.
As a result of Operation Card Shop, investigators have notified credit card providers of
more than 400,000 compromised accounts,preventing an estimated f131m in losses.
All of those arrested are men aged between 18 and form the US, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Some face 40 years in prison if convicted on fraud-related charges.
One of the man, Mirlslam, has been charged with trafficking in 50,000 stolen credit card
numbers.
Authorities said lslam had admitted to helping hacker group UgNazi, which claimed to have
launched a cyber attack against the microblogging service Twitter last week, according to
the Guardian.
US district attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement:"Clever computer criminals operating
behind the supposed veil of the internet are still subject to the long arm of the law."
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