District of Columbia Russian Citizen Sentenced to 40 Months for Selling Stolen Financial Information on the Criminal Internet Marketplace Slilpp United States Department of Justice
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pp WASHINGTON Georgy Kavzharadze 27 of Moscow Russia was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for being a prolific vendor of stolen financial information login credentials and other personally identifying information PII on a criminal internet marketplace called Slilpp announced US Attorney Matthew M Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J Scott of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Divisionpp Kavzharadze pleaded guilty February 16 2024 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud before US District Judge Colleen KollarKotelly In addition to the prison term Judge KollarKotelly ordered Kavzharadze to pay 123352147 in restitution pp Kavzharadze is also known as George and went by online monikers of TeRorPP Torqovec and PlutuSS In Cyrillic his name is ГЕОРГИЙ КАХОВИЧ КАВЖАРАДЗЕpp According to court documents between July 2016 and May 2021 Kavzharadze using the name TeRorPP listed over 626100 stolen login credentials for sale on Slilpp and sold more than 297300 of them on the illegal marketplace Those credentials were subsequently linked to 12 million in fraudulent transactions On May 27 2021 Kavzharadzes account on Slilpp listed 240495 login credentials for sale that would allow the buyer to use the information to steal money from the victims online payment and bank accounts The credentials included access to accounts with banks located in New York California Nevada and Georgia Kavzharadze accepted Bitcoin as payment for the credentials An FBI analysis connected Kavzharadze to withdrawals of more 200000 in Slilpp profits from his Bitcoin accountpp In June 2021 the FBI in a coordinated action with international law enforcement partners disrupted Slilpp by seizing its infrastructure and domain names The Slilpp database contained a wealth of historical information about Slilpp vendors customers and transactions including subscriber and payment information for individual accounts that have been used to buy and sell login credentials over Slilpp The database accurately reflected known Slilpp transactions and subscriber records including FBI undercover purchasespp On August 24 2021 Kavzharadze was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud bank fraud access device fraud and aggravated identity theft He was subsequently extradited to the United States His initial appearance occurred May 18 2022 in US District Court Kavzharadze has been detained since his extradition to the United Statespp This case was investigated by the FBIs Washington Field Office It is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Christine Macey and Special Assistant US Attorney Joseph Misher Valuable assistance was provided by Paralegal Specialist Lisa Abbe former Assistant US Attorney Demian S Ahn and former Paralegal Specialist Michon Tart pp21cr531ppUSADCMediausdojgovppGeary Simon 71 of Washington DC entered a guilty plea today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a presidentially declared disaster or emergency and to one countppLarry Dean Harmon 41 of Akron Ohio was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency mixer Helix which processed transactions involving over 300ppWendy Nicole Villatoro 40 formerly of Washington DC pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud for a scheme to submit fraudulent applications seeking money from the Paycheck ProtectionppDistrict of Columbia
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pp WASHINGTON Georgy Kavzharadze 27 of Moscow Russia was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for being a prolific vendor of stolen financial information login credentials and other personally identifying information PII on a criminal internet marketplace called Slilpp announced US Attorney Matthew M Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J Scott of the Washington Field Office Criminal and Cyber Divisionpp Kavzharadze pleaded guilty February 16 2024 to conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud before US District Judge Colleen KollarKotelly In addition to the prison term Judge KollarKotelly ordered Kavzharadze to pay 123352147 in restitution pp Kavzharadze is also known as George and went by online monikers of TeRorPP Torqovec and PlutuSS In Cyrillic his name is ГЕОРГИЙ КАХОВИЧ КАВЖАРАДЗЕpp According to court documents between July 2016 and May 2021 Kavzharadze using the name TeRorPP listed over 626100 stolen login credentials for sale on Slilpp and sold more than 297300 of them on the illegal marketplace Those credentials were subsequently linked to 12 million in fraudulent transactions On May 27 2021 Kavzharadzes account on Slilpp listed 240495 login credentials for sale that would allow the buyer to use the information to steal money from the victims online payment and bank accounts The credentials included access to accounts with banks located in New York California Nevada and Georgia Kavzharadze accepted Bitcoin as payment for the credentials An FBI analysis connected Kavzharadze to withdrawals of more 200000 in Slilpp profits from his Bitcoin accountpp In June 2021 the FBI in a coordinated action with international law enforcement partners disrupted Slilpp by seizing its infrastructure and domain names The Slilpp database contained a wealth of historical information about Slilpp vendors customers and transactions including subscriber and payment information for individual accounts that have been used to buy and sell login credentials over Slilpp The database accurately reflected known Slilpp transactions and subscriber records including FBI undercover purchasespp On August 24 2021 Kavzharadze was charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud bank fraud access device fraud and aggravated identity theft He was subsequently extradited to the United States His initial appearance occurred May 18 2022 in US District Court Kavzharadze has been detained since his extradition to the United Statespp This case was investigated by the FBIs Washington Field Office It is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Christine Macey and Special Assistant US Attorney Joseph Misher Valuable assistance was provided by Paralegal Specialist Lisa Abbe former Assistant US Attorney Demian S Ahn and former Paralegal Specialist Michon Tart pp21cr531ppUSADCMediausdojgovppGeary Simon 71 of Washington DC entered a guilty plea today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a presidentially declared disaster or emergency and to one countppLarry Dean Harmon 41 of Akron Ohio was sentenced today to three years in prison for his operation of the darknet cryptocurrency mixer Helix which processed transactions involving over 300ppWendy Nicole Villatoro 40 formerly of Washington DC pleaded guilty today to one count of bank fraud for a scheme to submit fraudulent applications seeking money from the Paycheck ProtectionppDistrict of Columbia
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601 D Street NW
Washington DCppEmail USAODCppTelephone 202 2527566
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