Three men were arrested on November 30 in London (Great Britain), and another man – December 1 in Malmo (Sweden). All the arrested faces extradition to their relevant countries and the maximum punishment in the form of 20 years in prison.
Four criminals are accused in involvement in the complex scheme of fraud, in which the accused Taylor and Rania hacked computer servers of several American companies and stole personal data of the US inhabitants.
Then they used these data to file tax returns to receive a tax deduction. Other arrested adapin and Oyebanjo allegedly found a way to turn tax returns into prepaid debit cards or transfer funds to their bank accounts. According to the indictment, part of the funds was sent to Taylor and Ranius.
All four were charged on the following points:
- Fraud using electronic means of communication;
- False declarations in the USA;
- Theft of state money or property;
- Theft of personal data under aggravating circumstances.
In the indictment, it is noted that Taylor and Ranes were able to access computers using the XDEDIC trading platform, which was closed by the FBI, IRS and the Ministry of Justice in 2019. The XDEDIC trading platform specialized in the sale of accounting data for access to hacked corporate servers.