{"id":50506,"date":"2022-08-01T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50506"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:31:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T00:31:12","slug":"ex-owner-of-t-mobile-retail-guilty-of-25-million-scheme-to-illegally-unlock-cellphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=50506","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Owner of T-Mobile Retail Store Guilty of $25 Million Scheme to Illegally Unlock Cellphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong>LOS ANGELES\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50511 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"assorted-color phone lot\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/mwtor3rx8l8.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A federal jury found the former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock guilty of 14 federal criminal charges for his $25 million scheme to enrich himself by stealing T-Mobile employee credentials, prosecutors stated Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0Argishti Khudaverdyan also illegally accessed the company\u2019s internal computer systems to illicitly \u201cunlock\u201d and \u201cunblock\u201d cellphones, the Justice Department announced today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The jury convicted Khudaverdyan, 44, of Burbank, of the following crimes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Three counts of wire fraud<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Two counts of accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One count of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to receive information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One count of conspiracy to commit money laundering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Five counts of money laundering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">One count of aggravated identity theft<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The jury returned the guilty verdict Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0United States District Judge Stephen V. Wilson scheduled an Oct. 17 sentencing hearing, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Khudaverdyan will face statutory maximum sentences of 20 years in federal prison for each wire fraud count, 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering, 10 years in federal prison for each money laundering count, five years in federal prison for each count of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain information, five years in federal prison for the count of accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value, and a mandatory two years in federal prison for aggravated identity theft.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-49018 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"tufted black chairs inside building with no people\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/ujpmmc5z1pg.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>According to evidence presented at his four-day trial, Khudaverdyan ran a multi-year scheme that illegally unlocked and unblocked cellphones, which generated approximately $25 million in criminal proceeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During this time, most cellphone companies \u2013 including T-Mobile \u2013 \u201clocked\u201d their customers\u2019 phones so they could be used only on the company\u2019s network until the customers\u2019 phone and service contracts had been fulfilled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If customers wanted to switch to a different carrier, their phones had to be \u201cunlocked.\u201d Carriers also \u201cblocked\u201d cellphones to protect consumers in the case of lost or stolen cellphones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">From August 2014 to June 2019, Khudaverdyan fraudulently unlocked and unblocked cellphones on T-Mobile\u2019s network, as well as the networks of Sprint, AT&amp;T and other carriers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48994 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/download-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Removing the unlock allowed the phones to be sold on the black market and enabled T-Mobile customers to stop using T-Mobile\u2019s services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This deprived T-Mobile of revenue generated from customers\u2019 service contracts and equipment installment plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Khudaverdyan advertised his fraudulent unlocking services through brokers, email solicitations, and websites such as unlocks247.com, according to officials.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">He falsely claimed the fraudulent unlocks that he provided were \u201cofficial\u201d T-Mobile unlocks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-50513 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/r-kqmkxmgjc.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>From January 2017 through June 2017, Khudaverdyan and a former business partner were also co-owners of Top Tier Solutions Inc., a T-Mobile store in Eagle Rock Plaza.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, after T-Mobile terminated Khudaverdyan\u2019s contract in June 2017 based on his suspicious computer behavior and association with unauthorized unlocking of cellphones, Khudaverdyan continued his fraud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To gain unauthorized access to T-Mobile\u2019s protected internal computers, Khudaverdyan obtained T-Mobile employees\u2019 credentials through various dishonest means, including sending phishing emails that appeared to be legitimate T-Mobile correspondence and socially engineering the T-Mobile IT Help Desk.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-41105 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/cropped-judge-gavel-2.jpg 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Khudaverdyan used the fraudulent emails to trick T-Mobile employees to log in with their employee credentials so he could harvest the employees\u2019 information and fraudulently unlock the phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Working with others in overseas call centers, Khudaverdyan also received T-Mobile employee credentials which he then used to access T-Mobile systems to target higher-level employees by harvesting those employees\u2019 personal identifying information and calling the T-Mobile IT Help Desk to reset the employees\u2019 company passwords, giving him unauthorized access to the T-Mobile systems which allowed him to unlock and unblock cellphones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24101 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cell-Phone-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cell-Phone-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Cell-Phone.png 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Khudaverdyan and others compromised and stole more than 50 different T-Mobile employees\u2019 credentials from employees across the United States, and they unlocked and unblocked hundreds of thousands of cellphones during the years of the scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Khudaverdyan obtained more than $25 million in for these criminal activities. He used these illegal proceeds to pay for, among other things, real estate in Burbank and Northridge.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Alen Gharehbagloo, 43, of La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, a co-defendant and a former co-owner of Top Tier Solutions Inc., pleaded guilty on July 5 to three felonies: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accessing a protected computer with intent to defraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The U.S. Secret Service Cyber Fraud Task Force (CFTF) in Los Angeles and IRS Criminal Investigation\u2019s Western Area Cyber Crime Unit investigated this matter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\" data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa E. 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