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Sen. Durbin Introduces Federal Bill to Collect Online Sales Tax
Published on 1 Aug, 2011 at 12:28 in Cyber | Viewed 40 times | No Comments
Congress introduced a bill Friday that would establish a federal framework for collecting sales tax from online retailers. The bill would provide a federal solution to the growing issue of states seeking to collect billions in taxes from online transactions.
Sen. Dick Durbin and Reps. John…
Online Action Scammer Gets 48 Months in Jail
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 11:17 in Cyber | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
A Romanian scammer was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for his role as a money mule in an international fraud scheme that targeted online bidders, the FBI’s Chicago division announced.
According to court documents, Adrian Ghighina, 33, of Bucharest, Romania, moved and hid the illicit proceeds of an global scam in which co-conspirators created fraudulent online auctions on websites such as eBay, Craigslist and…
Another eBay Scammer Bites the Dust; Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Software for $1M
Published on 7 Jun, 2011 at 16:11 in Cyber | Viewed 119 times | No Comments
A Cincinnati man has admitted to selling more than $1 million worth of counterfeit financial and tax preparation software through an online auction site, according to an announcement from the Justice Department.
Brandon C. Davis, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement and two counts of filing a false income tax return.
According to court documents, Davis purchased Quicken and…
Nevada Man Sentenced to 12 Years for $1.5 M eBay Scam
Published on 3 Jun, 2011 at 9:58 in Cyber | Viewed 80 times | No Comments
A 40-year-old Nevada man has been sentenced to 12,5 years in prison and ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for defrauding more than 250 persons in an Internet fraud scheme involving high-end appliances.
Darin French was convicted Feb. 18, 2011, of 22 counts of mail fraud, 11 counts of wire fraud, and three counts of money laundering. His wife, Jennifer French, 38, was…
Holy Matrimony: Husband and Wife Net $1.5 Million in eBay Scam
Published on 24 Feb, 2011 at 10:24 in Cloud | Viewed 189 times | No Comments
A scamming husband-and-wife team from Nevada has been found guilty of defrauding eBay customers who shelled out small fortunes for advertised high-end kitchen appliances they never received.
Darin Jerome French and Jennifer Lynn French were convicted last week of mail fraud, wire fraud and money laundering in connection with an online scheme in which the victims paid for what they thought was exclusive kitchenware, Daniel G. Bogden,…
Romanian Conman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Online Bidders
Published on 18 Feb, 2011 at 11:38 in Cloud | Viewed 60 times | No Comments
A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy for his role in moving and hiding the illegal proceeds of an international fraud that targeted Internet bidders.
Court documents say 33-year-old Adrian Ghighina of Bucharest, Romania, came to the United States in 2004 acting as a money mule in an online fraud conspiracy. Ghighina’s co-conspirators created fake online auctions for expensive…
Foreign-exchange Students Linked to Vietnamese Cyber-Crime Gang
Published on 3 Jan, 2011 at 18:08 in Cloud | Viewed 640 times | No Comments
A federal investigation dubbed Operation eMule has led agents to two foreign-exchange students in Minnesota who are accused of taking part in a cyber-crime ring in Vietnam that stole the identities of countless Americans and pilfered millions of dollars from online retailers.
According to Star Tribune, court documents identified major companies such as eBay, PayPal, Apple and Dell, as targets of the cyber gang. Authorities said stolen…
Video Game Pirate Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison
Published on 30 Dec, 2010 at 5:33 in Cloud | Viewed 71 times | No Comments
A 36-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for selling more than 35,000 illegally copied computer games online between 2005 and 2009, according to the FBI.
Qiang “Michael” Bi pleaded guilty July 28, 2010, to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement, and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to a statement read during Bi’s plea hearing, when agents searched Bi’s…
Ebay Employees Targeted by Spear-Phishing Attack
Published on 27 Sep, 2010 at 12:43 in Cloud | Viewed 144 times | No Comments
Romanian authorities have arrested a man suspected of stealing more than $3 million through a series of computer crimes that included phishing attacks targeting eBay employees, The Register reports.
Liviu Mihail Concioiu allegedly masterminded two phishing attacks targeting eBay employees. Although it is unknown how many eBay workers fell for the ploy, a computer-forensics expert said it appears the alleged spear phisher bagged credentials for …
Cyber Crooks Crank Out 57,000 New, Fake URLs Weekly
Published on 14 Sep, 2010 at 12:28 in Cloud | Viewed 66 times | No Comments
Every week, cyber criminals are developing around 57,000 new fake web addresses, which are placed and registered on search engines in hopes of tricking innocent users to click on them, according to PandaLabs.
PandaLabs has examined malicious URLs placed online during June 2010 to August 2010, by scammers to trick Internet users into downloading malware unknowingly or hack their bank details.
Users who click on these bogus web pages will…
