District of Massachusetts New York Man Pleads Guilty to Hacking Credit Card Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracies United States Department of Justice
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ppBOSTON A New York City man pleaded guilty today to conspiracies to engage in computer hacking trafficking in stolen payment card numbers and money launderingppVitalii Antonenko 32 pleaded guilty before United States District Judge William G Young to one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computer networks and to traffic in unauthorized access devices and one count of money laundering conspiracy Antonenko was arrested and detained in March 2019 on money laundering charges at New Yorks John F Kennedy International Airport after he arrived there from Ukraine carrying computers and other digital media that held hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers He was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2020 Judge Young scheduled sentencing for Dec 10 2024 ppAntonenko and coconspirators scoured the internet for computer networks with security vulnerabilities that were likely to contain credit and debit card account numbers expiration dates and card verification values Payment Card Data and other personally identifiable information PII They used a hacking technique known as a SQL injection attack to access those networks without authorization extracted Payment Card Data and other PII and transferred it for sale on online criminal marketplaces Once a coconspirator sold the data Antonenko and others used Bitcoin as well as traditional bank and cash transactions to launder the proceeds in order to disguise their nature location source ownership and control The conspiracys victims included a hospitality business and nonprofit scientific research institution both located in eastern Massachusetts ppThe charge of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access and to traffic in access devices provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison three years of supervised release a 250000 fine restitution and forfeiture The charge of money laundering conspiracy provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison three years of supervised release a 500000 fine restitution and forfeiture Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors ppActing United States Attorney Joshua S Levy and Andrew Murphy Special Agent in Charge of the US Secret Service Boston Field Office and made the announcement today Assistant US Attorney Seth B Kosto Deputy Chief of the Securities Financial Cyber Fraud Unit is prosecuting the case pp
ppBOSTON The government unsealed charges today against two individuals for their scheme to allegedly intrude Massachusetts tax preparation firms computer networks to steal confidential client information and then fileppBOSTON A Russian national residing in Portugal has been indicted for his role in a wideranging conspiracy to manipulate cryptocurrency markets on behalf of client cryptocurrency companiesppBOSTON The founder and primary operator of MyTrade a financial services firm known in the cryptocurrency industry as a market maker pleaded guilty today in federal court in BostonppDistrict of Massachusetts
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ppBOSTON A New York City man pleaded guilty today to conspiracies to engage in computer hacking trafficking in stolen payment card numbers and money launderingppVitalii Antonenko 32 pleaded guilty before United States District Judge William G Young to one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computer networks and to traffic in unauthorized access devices and one count of money laundering conspiracy Antonenko was arrested and detained in March 2019 on money laundering charges at New Yorks John F Kennedy International Airport after he arrived there from Ukraine carrying computers and other digital media that held hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers He was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2020 Judge Young scheduled sentencing for Dec 10 2024 ppAntonenko and coconspirators scoured the internet for computer networks with security vulnerabilities that were likely to contain credit and debit card account numbers expiration dates and card verification values Payment Card Data and other personally identifiable information PII They used a hacking technique known as a SQL injection attack to access those networks without authorization extracted Payment Card Data and other PII and transferred it for sale on online criminal marketplaces Once a coconspirator sold the data Antonenko and others used Bitcoin as well as traditional bank and cash transactions to launder the proceeds in order to disguise their nature location source ownership and control The conspiracys victims included a hospitality business and nonprofit scientific research institution both located in eastern Massachusetts ppThe charge of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access and to traffic in access devices provides for a sentence of up to five years in prison three years of supervised release a 250000 fine restitution and forfeiture The charge of money laundering conspiracy provides for a sentence of up to 20 years in prison three years of supervised release a 500000 fine restitution and forfeiture Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based on the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors ppActing United States Attorney Joshua S Levy and Andrew Murphy Special Agent in Charge of the US Secret Service Boston Field Office and made the announcement today Assistant US Attorney Seth B Kosto Deputy Chief of the Securities Financial Cyber Fraud Unit is prosecuting the case pp
ppBOSTON The government unsealed charges today against two individuals for their scheme to allegedly intrude Massachusetts tax preparation firms computer networks to steal confidential client information and then fileppBOSTON A Russian national residing in Portugal has been indicted for his role in a wideranging conspiracy to manipulate cryptocurrency markets on behalf of client cryptocurrency companiesppBOSTON The founder and primary operator of MyTrade a financial services firm known in the cryptocurrency industry as a market maker pleaded guilty today in federal court in BostonppDistrict of Massachusetts
Boston Office
1 Courthouse Way Suite 9200
Boston MA 02210ppBoston 6177483100
Springfield 4137850235
Worcester 5083680100ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
