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In the United States, 38-year-old Ukrainian Alexander Musienko was convicted of stealing more than $ 3 million from American bank accounts.
The United States Department of Justice reported that for his crimes he was imprisoned for 7 years and 3 months, and also fined $ 98,800 for fraud and money laundering.
Musienko of Odessa, also known as Robert Davis and Ply, was reportedly attacked by the FBI in 2016. He was later indicted, but was arrested just two years later in South Korea, from where he was extradited to the United States.
The investigation revealed that the Ukrainian collaborated with hackers from Eastern Europe, who stole more than $ 3 million from bank accounts of US citizens and laundered the stolen funds abroad.
The criminal case indicates that Musienko “personally participated in the recruitment, as well as in the control and management of a network of” financial assistants “, people who had accounts in the United States and then transferred them abroad.”
Those “assistants” were found to help transfer money abroad. Therefore, they received 5% of each transfer. The attackers then transferred the stolen money to their bank accounts and immediately transferred it to third-party accounts registered outside the United States. According to US law enforcement officers, this criminal scheme operated from 2009 to 2012.
Investigators have shown that Musienko’s accomplices hacked into the US company’s online accounts and stole more than $ 296,000. This money was transferred through “assistants” to accounts in European banks.
Later, Musienko colluded with foreign cybercriminals who hacked into bank accounts belonging to large numbers of people and businesses in the United States.
During searches of Musienko’s laptop, files were found containing around 120,000 payment card numbers and passwords, as well as identifying information about people associated with them.
As reported by OBOZREVATEL, hackers enter Ukrainians’ accounts on various sites and then use personal data to gain access to platforms where users link their bank cards.
