A 37-year-old man from New York was sentenced to 4 years in prison for buying stolen credit card information and working in organizations. Cybercrime called the Infraud Organization.
John Telusma, who goes by the alias “Peterelliot”, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud on October 13, 2021. He joined the gang in August 2011 and remained a member for five and a half years.
“Telusma is one of the most active and active members of the Infraud Organization, fraudulently purchasing and using compromised credit card numbers for personal gain,” the US Department of Justice (DoJ) said in a statement.
Infraud, a corporation Cybercrime transnational, has been operating for more than seven years, advertising its activities under the slogan “In Fraud We Trust”, before its online infrastructure was dismantled by US law enforcement in February 2018.
Enterprise cheat engaged in the large-scale purchase and sale of compromised credit card data, personally identifiable information, and other digital contraband, enabling the transaction of more than four million credit and debit card numbers. stolen debt.
“The organization directed traffic and potential buyers to members’ vending sites,” said the DoJ. .
“It also provides escrow services to facilitate illicit cryptocurrency transactions between members and uses screening protocols that aim to ensure only card providers are high-quality theft, personally identifiable information and other contraband are allowed to advertise to members,” it added.
The group is estimated to have caused no less than $568 million in damages to consumers, businesses and financial institutions.
Telusma is the 14th member of the Infraud Organization to be convicted in connection with the Infraud scheme. Other accomplices include Sergey Medvedev, Marko Leopard, Valerian Chiochiu, David Jonathan Vargas, Pius Sushil Wilson, Gennaro Fioretti, Jose Gamboa, Aldo Ymeraj and Taimoor Zaman.
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