Ringleader of RBS WorldPay Heist Faces Charges in US

Late in 2008, the most sophisticated and well-coordinated international e-crime yet pulled off netted $9 million for its perpetrators. We discussed the RBS WorldPay heist when news about it emerged, and the indictments some months later. Now one of the accused ringleaders has been extradited from Estonia to face charges in the US. "...in the span of 12 hours around Nov. 8 [2008], the group hit 2,100 ATM terminals in 280 cities spanning the world, from the United States to Russia to Italy to Japan. ... Despite the technical and international challenges of the case, US investigators believe they were able to trace the scheme back to its origin. On Friday they brought one of the accused ringleaders from Estonia to Atlanta to face arraignment on several fraud charges — a rare appearance in US courts for an accused international hacker. Sergei Tsurikov, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment to conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. ... The increasing scope of foreign attacks comes as college students around the world are focusing heavily on technology degrees only to emerge into a difficult job market with low pay, officials said."

Re:Send Him to PMITA Prison

[stonewallred]

Oh yes, especially if they are a minority. What is the saying? 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's prison prisoners. Of course I wonder if they count the millions in chinese re-eduction camps run by the military and used as slaves to mass produce goods for sell on the American market, but I digress.

Ahem...

[pedantic bore]

Late in 2008, the most sophisticated and well-coordinated international e-crime yet pulled off netted $9 million for its perpetrators.

It's the "most sophisticated and well-coordinated" one you know about, anyway....

Not so sophisticated and well-coordinated that it remained a secret, or that the ringleader didn't get caught, apparently.