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Ghanain man pleads guilty to role in $100 million fraud ring
A Ghanaian national pleaded guilty to his role in a massive fraud ring that stole over $100 million from victims across the United States through business email compromise attacks and romance scams. 40-year-old Derrick Van Yeboah pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Thursday and agreed to pay more than $10 million in […]
Phobos ransomware admin pleads guilty to wire fraud conspiracy
A Russian national pleaded guilty to a wire fraud conspiracy charge related to his role in administering the Phobos ransomware operation, which breached hundreds of victims worldwide. Phobos is a long-running ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation linked to the Crysis ransomware family. Phobos has been widely distributed through many affiliates, accounting for roughly 11% of all submissions to the ID […]
Ukrainian man pleads guilty to running AI-powered fake ID site
A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to operating OnlyFake, an AI-powered website that generated and sold more than 10,000 photos of fake identification documents to customers worldwide. 27-year-old Yurii Nazarenko (also known as “John Wick,” “Tor Ford,” and “Uriel Septimberus”) admitted that his OnlyFake subscription-based platform used artificial intelligence to generate realistic-looking counterfeit passports, driver’s licenses, and […]
Slovakian man pleads guilty to operating darknet marketplace
A Slovakian national admitted on Tuesday to helping operate a darknet marketplace that sold narcotics, cybercrime tools and services, fake government IDs, and stolen personal information for more than two years. 33-year-old Alan Bill (also known online as “Vend0r” or “KingdomOfficial”) pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for his role in running Kingdom […]
California man admits to laundering crypto stolen in $230M heist
A 45-year-old from Irvine, California, has pleaded guilty to laundering at least $25 million stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. Kunal Mehta (also known as “Papa,” “The Accountant,” and “Shrek”) is the eighth defendant to plead guilty for his participation in this scheme following charges brought by the Department of Justice in May […]
Ex-L3Harris exec guilty of selling cyber exploits to Russian broker
Peter Williams, an Australian national and a former general manager at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris Trenchant, has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to stealing and selling confidential cybersecurity information to a Russian vulnerability exploit broker. The illegal activity took place between 2022 and 2025, when Williams stole at least eight protected exploit components from […]
PowerSchool hacker pleads guilty to student data extortion scheme
A 19-year-old college student from Worcester, Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to a massive cyberattack on PowerSchool that extorted millions of dollars in exchange for not leaking the personal data of millions of students and teachers. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Matthew D. Lane pleaded guilty to four federal charges of one count […]
Developer guilty of using kill switch to sabotage employer’s systems
A software developer has been found guilty of sabotaging his ex-employer’s systems by running custom malware and installing a “kill switch” after being demoted at the company. Davis Lu, 55, of Houston, was a software developer for an Ohio company, reportedly Eaton Corp, from November 2007 to October 2019. Eaton Corporation is a global power management company […]