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Phishing Gang Arrested in UK and Ireland

A gang of six phishers were arrested in London and Navan, Ireland by officers from the Metro Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) and the Fraud Investigation Bureau of the Irish Garda. The suspects are accused of compromising more than 20,000 bank accounts and credit cards by setting up fake websites.Police officers ra...

5 August 2010
11:21 GMT

One Hundred Phishing Gang Indicted

The FBI announced that 33 individuals were arrested in connection with an international phishing gang that operated out of U.S. and Egypt. The indictment recently unsealed in a Los Angeles federal court charges a total of 53 people, while the Egyptian authorities have identified an additional 47 suspects.The indictme...

8 October 2009
04:53 GMT

Two Alleged Romanian Phishers Extradited to US

Two Romanian nationals indicted in January 2007 on charges of conspiracy to commit access device and bank fraud, as well as aggravated identity theft were extradited to the US to stand trial. Both of them face maximum prison sentences of 37 years and $1.5 million fines, but have pleaded not guilty.Petru Bogdan Belbit...

30 September 2009
06:07 GMT

Romanian Cybercriminal Gang Dismantled

The Romanian Direction for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) along with local authorities have descended on multiple locations in several cities and arrested 20 persons suspected of being members of a cybercriminal gang. The seven-year-long operation, which involved phishing and fake eBay auctions,...

13 April 2009
05:58 GMT


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