#DOJ
All CosmicBytez Labs articles tagged #DOJ, across news, security advisories, how-to guides, and projects.
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DOJ Dismantles Texas 'Laptop Farm' Network Behind $3 Million North Korean IT Worker Scheme
DOJ charged 14 people and raided 40+ Texas laptop farms that funneled $3M to North Korea via fake remote IT workers at 70 US firms.
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YMCO Leader Pleads Guilty to Running 15,000-Mule Laundering Network for Cybercriminals
Oleg Korniev, 42, admitted leading YMCO, a ring of 15,000+ U.S. money mules that laundered over $10 million stolen by hackers since 2007.
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Ransomware Recovery CEO Indicted After Allegedly Paying Hackers and Pocketing Millions
MonsterCloud owner Zohar Pinhasi is charged with secretly paying ransoms while billing clients over $19 million for fake decryption tech.
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Dual Ukrainian-Russian Citizen Admits to Running 15,000-Mule Laundering Network for Cybercriminals
Oleg Korniev, 42, pleaded guilty to leading Your Mule Cashout, which used 15,000+ U.S. money mules to launder funds stolen from 750+ bank accounts.
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Owner of Empire Cybercrime Market Gets 40 Years in Prison
Raheim Hamilton, co-creator of Empire Market, was sentenced to 40 years and fined $5 million for $430 million in dark web drug and fraud transactions.
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Former US Air Force Members Sentenced to 189 Months Combined Over BEC Scheme
Two former U.S. Air Force members were sentenced to a combined 189 months in prison for a two-year BEC and phishing scheme that stole millions.
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Former US Air Force Members Sentenced to Prison for $2 Million Cyber Fraud Scheme
Chijioke Odimegwu and Harafat Mogaji, both former Dover AFB airmen, received a combined 189 months for a multiyear BEC and phishing scheme.
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Vietnamese National Charged in $16 Million 'Pig Butchering' Crypto Scam
DOJ charges Vietnamese national Trung Nguyen Van with laundering $16M from a 'pig butchering' crypto scam; his wallets moved over $53M since 2018.
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Scammer Behind $245 Million Crypto Heist Pleads Guilty to RICO Charges
Malone Lam, ringleader of a social-engineering crypto theft ring, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy over a $245M Bitcoin heist.
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DoJ Corrects China Hacking Claim: Agencies Were Targets, Not Victims
The DoJ walked back a claim that NASA, the Fed, and other agencies were breach "victims," clarifying they were targets of China-linked group QTFY.
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ATF Confirms Breach of System Holding Investigation Targets, Qilin Claims Credit
ATF confirmed a cyberattack on a standalone system with investigation data; Qilin ransomware posted the agency's name to its leak site.
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TikTok Reaches $400M Settlement with DOJ Over COPPA Children's Privacy Violations
The DOJ announced a $400M settlement with TikTok and ByteDance over COPPA violations, marking the largest children's privacy fine in U.S. history.
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US Charges Two New Yorkers for Laundering $43 Million in Pig Butchering Investment Fraud
Federal prosecutors charged Zhuoying Chen and Haojie Zhang with conspiracy to commit money laundering after the pair allegedly moved $43 million in pig...
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US Charges Three Russians for Operating Bulletproof Hosting Behind $62M Ransomware Campaign
Federal prosecutors unsealed a 2024 indictment against three Russian nationals who ran Medialand LLC and ML.Cloud LLC — bulletproof hosting services used...
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Money Launderer Accused of Stealing $290K in Seized Crypto While Serving Prison Sentence
A Bulgarian national already serving over 10 years for laundering millions stolen from American fraud victims now faces new charges after allegedly...
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Former DigitalMint Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 70 Months for Defrauding Clients
Angelo Martino, a former cyber recovery specialist at DigitalMint, was sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison after secretly feeding confidential...
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NY Man Charged After Harassing College Student with AI-Generated Nude Images
A 21-year-old New York man faces federal cyberstalking charges after allegedly using AI to generate nude images of a Georgia college student and...
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Conti Ransomware Member Pleads Guilty, Faces Up to 20 Years in Prison
Oleksii Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national, has pleaded guilty to participating in the prolific Conti ransomware group after being arrested in...
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Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Role in Conti Ransomware Operation
A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland to the United States has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Conti ransomware operation, which...
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DoJ Disrupts Southeast Asia Crypto Fraud Networks, Freezes $3.8 Million in Assets
The U.S. Department of Justice's 'Disruption Week' operation has dismantled Southeast Asia-linked crypto fraud networks, freezing $3.8 million in assets and…
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Former US Execs Plead Guilty to Aiding Tech Support Scammers
Two former executives of a call-tracking and analytics company have pleaded guilty to concealing a years-long tech support fraud scheme that victimized...
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American Duo Sentenced for Hosting Laptop Farms for North
Two U.S. men have been sentenced for operating laptop farms that helped North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain employment at nearly 70 American...
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US & China Partner on Scam Center Takedown in Dubai
In a rare show of bilateral cooperation, the US Justice Department and Chinese authorities jointly dismantled a major cryptocurrency investment fraud scam...
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Money Launderer for Crypto Thieves Given 5-Year Prison
A California man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for his role in laundering proceeds for a cybercriminal organization that...
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Money Launderer Linked to $230M Crypto Heist Gets 70 Months
Evan Tangeman, 22, of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison for laundering funds stolen in a $230 million cryptocurrency...
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Former Ransomware Negotiator Pleads Guilty to BlackCat
Angelo Martino, 41, a former employee of cybersecurity incident response firm DigitalMint, has pleaded guilty to targeting U.S. companies with BlackCat...
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New Jersey Men Sentenced to Combined 17 Years for Running
Two New Jersey men received prison sentences of nine and nearly eight years respectively for operating IT laptop farms that funneled over $5 million to...
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Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks
A joint operation by the US Department of Justice, Canada, and Germany has dismantled the infrastructure behind four highly disruptive IoT botnets that...
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Manager of Botnet Used in Ransomware Attacks Gets 2 Years
Ilya Angelov, co-leader of the TA551/Mario Kart cybercrime group, was sentenced to two years in prison for operating a phishing botnet that sent 700,000...
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Russian Hacker Who Helped Yanluowang Ransomware Gang Gets
Aleksei Volkov, a Russian initial access broker who sold unauthorized access to U.S. companies for the Yanluowang ransomware group, has been sentenced to...
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US Sentences Nigerian National to 7 Years in $6 Million
James Junior Aliyu, 31, received a 90-month federal prison sentence for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering after orchestrating a $6...
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DoJ Disrupts 3 Million-Device IoT Botnets Behind Record
The U.S. Department of Justice, in coordination with Germany and Canada, has dismantled the C2 infrastructure of four major IoT botnets — AISURU, Kimwolf,...
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Phobos Ransomware Admin Pleads Guilty — 1,000+ Victims
Evgenii Ptitsyn, 43, a Russian national who administered the Phobos ransomware-as-a-service operation, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in the U.S....
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Former Cybersecurity Responders Plead Guilty to BlackCat Attacks
An incident response manager and a ransomware negotiator face up to 20 years after admitting to conducting BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks against...