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Ringleader of RBS WorldPay Heist Faces Charges in US

Posted by kdawson on from the many-mules-make-light-work dept.

Late in 2008, the most sophisticated and well-coordinated international e-crime yet pulled off netted $9 million for its perpetrators. We discussed the RBS WorldPay heist when news about it emerged, and the indictments some months later. Now one of the accused ringleaders has been extradited from Estonia to face charges in the US. "...in the span of 12 hours around Nov. 8 [2008], the group hit 2,100 ATM terminals in 280 cities spanning the world, from the United States to Russia to Italy to Japan. ... Despite the technical and international challenges of the case, US investigators believe they were able to trace the scheme back to its origin. On Friday they brought one of the accused ringleaders from Estonia to Atlanta to face arraignment on several fraud charges — a rare appearance in US courts for an accused international hacker. Sergei Tsurikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment to conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. ... The increasing scope of foreign attacks comes as college students around the world are focusing heavily on technology degrees only to emerge into a difficult job market with low pay, officials said."

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  1. WorldPlay? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Isn't it World Pay?

    1. Re:WorldPlay? by CrispBH · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, we use it for one of our websites. It is Royal Bank of Scotland WorldPay - as would make sense, as opposed to Worldplay. KDawson strikes again - obviously it'd be too much to ask him to spend 10 seconds editing as his job title would suggest.

      http://www.rbsworldpay.com/
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBS_WorldPay

  2. Re:USA World police by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yemen doesn't have an extradition treaty with the United States. In fact, extradition is prohibited in the Yemeni Constitution.

    Wat do? Ask president Ali Abdullah Saleh if we can go into Yemen and kill the bad guys ourselves.

  3. Re:Send Him to PMITA Prison by selven · · Score: 2, Informative

    You don't even have to offend anyone for laws to be ridiculously misapplied against you