Tag: electronic crime
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Chirag Patel Gets 51 Months For Stolen Credit Cards And Reward Points Fraud – eCrimeBytes Nibble #45
I’ve seen a lot of credit card theft in network breach cases, but theft of reward points to book free stays and gift certificates is a new one to me. On numerous…
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Rapper’s Cannabis Company Was Actually A Ponzi Scheme – eCrimeBytes Nibble #44
This might be another traditional Ponzi scheme when it comes to investors paying back investors, but not when it comes to the rapper name “BigRigBaby”! The Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in…
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UK Man Blackmails Employer During Ransomware Attack – eCrimeBytes Nibble #43
February 2018 Oxford Biomedica was victim of a typical ransomware attack. Most insiders would be looking for a new job. One person used it as an opportunity! An insider at Oxford Biomedica…
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eCrimeBytes S 1 Ep 16: The Ubiquiti Insider
Sit back and listen to how a former security engineer at Ubiquiti costed their shareholders $4 billion dollars when he stole their data and posted online after they failed to pay his…
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A MA Father And Sons’ Lottery Scheme – eCrimeBytes Nibble #42
This case is an interesting one. A father (Ali Jaafar) and his sons (Yousef Jaafar & Mohamed Jaafar) are accused of buying lottery winnings at a discount to make money but not…
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NY Man Charged With Hacking Children’s Snapchat Nudes And Then Extorting Them – eCrimeBytes Nibble #41
This case is really messed up. Check out what Louis Fratangelo Jr. is accused of: On April 28, 2023, State Police, Manlius Police, and the FBI executed a search warrant in the…
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Woman Hires Hitman On Dark Web – eCrimeBytes Nibble #40
What is it with people trying to hire hitman via the dark web? In this case a woman in the UK decided she was done with her former significant other. It landed…
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Russian Charged With Ransomware Attacks – eCrimeBytes Nibble #39
Ten years now and ransomware is still going strong. The United States charged a Russian named Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev (aka Wazawaka, aka m1x, aka Boriselcin, aka Uhodiransomwar) with three ransomware attacks. The…
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Skynet Dark Web Market Founder Pleads Guilty – eCrimeBytes Nibble #38
This is not the Skynet you know from The Terminator. This Skynet was a dark web forum used by those looking to purchase or sell stolen credit card information. According to the…