In the U.S., launched a lawsuit against the Romanian phishers

December 28th, 2011 | Posted by synt4x in Security

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Romanian citizens could face up to 30 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $ 1 million.

According to Securelist, three of the 14 Romanian fraudsters involved in the theft of funds from customers of U.S. banks, as well as users and eBay auction payments system PayPal, have been charged in Connecticut, USA.

As a result of a police investigation found that attackers send out bogus notices to users about locking their credit accounts. In order to unlock the potential victims by offering to undergo the procedure of authentication by filling fake forms their personal data. This information included bank account details and social security number. After the theft, the information stored in reservoirs, and later used it to fraudsters withdraw money from compromised accounts. Attackers get cash using ATMs in Romania.

Note that the criminal case against phishers was instituted in 2007. However, the trial was postponed to meet the request for extradition of the defendants. Three of them agreed to give Romania until early December.Attackers are charged with conspiracy, bank fraud and fraudulent access devices. In addition, the two criminals accused of identity theft.

According to U.S. law, citizens of Romania could face up to 30 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $ 1 million. Note that the criminals have pleaded not guilty.