{"id":28453,"date":"2016-12-16T15:32:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T23:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28453"},"modified":"2016-12-16T15:38:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T23:38:44","slug":"romanians-indicted-4-million-cyber-scheme-infected-60000-computers-11-million-malicious-e-mails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28453","title":{"rendered":"Romanians Indicted for $4 Million Cyber Scheme that Infected 60,000 Computers, 11 Million Malicious E-Mails"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"courtroom_02\"Three Romanian were indicted for involvement in $4 million cyber fraud scheme that infected 60,000 computers and sent 11 million malicious emails, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trio were named in a \u00a021-count indictment was unsealed Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bogdan Nicolescu<\/strong>, 34, Tiberiu Danet,<\/strong> 31, and Radu Miclaus<\/strong>, 34, were extradited to the U.S. this week after being taken into custody in their native Romania earlier this year.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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They were each charged with 12 counts of wire fraud, as well as one count each of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to traffic in counterfeit service marks, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese defendants stole millions of dollars from people in the United States through a sophisticated fraud conspiracy they operated in Eastern Europe,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Carole S. Rendon.\u00a0 \u201cCybercrime is an ever-growing threat.\u00a0 We will continue to work with both our partners in law enforcement and in the private sector to evolve with the threat and protect our networks and national security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n