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U.S. government cracks down on Internet fraud

Internet fraud initiative nets 130 arrests

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DDN | Feds nab 130 in Internet fraud crackdownFeds nab 130 in Internet fraud crackdown 'Operation E-Con' covers variety of crimes By Carlos Campos Cox News Service WASHINGTON | Federal authorities said Friday they had arrested more than 130 people in a nationwide five-month crackdown on Internet fraud that bilked victims out of more than $176  million. At a news conference, Attorney General John Ashcroft called Internet fraud and other forms of online crime ‘‘among the fastest-growing’’ in the nation. Other Justice Department officials noted that cybercrime has become the FBI’s third highest priority, behind counterterrorism and intelligence-gathering efforts. ‘‘The vast majority of people use the Internet for beneficial purposes,’’ Ashcroft said. ‘‘But the Internet is also used for unscrupulous and criminal activity.’’ The ‘‘Operation E-Con’’ arrests announced Friday covered a wide range of crimes, including swindles, online auction scams, business-opportunity frauds, credit and debit card fraud, identity theft and piracy of software and other copyrighted material. The operation conducted more than 90 investigations since January, involving 89,000 victims and $176 million of estimated losses. Authorities said they have recovered more than $17 million. Among the arrests: • In Warner Robins, Ga., an active-duty military man and his wife were accused of identity fraud. The man apparently used his access to private information to steal identities and fraudulently obtain credit cards. • Two people have pleaded guilty to operating a Web site that sold more than $2 million of pharmaceutical drugs without a prescription or doctor’s consent. • A California man and his wife were indicted on multiple wire fraud charges for operating a phony online operation promising Russian brides for men. The men were asked to send money to cover the travel costs of the women. The two are accused of bilking $600,000 from 400 victims over three years. • Two men in Maryland used fake bank Web sites to deceive customers into entering confidential account data that was later used to produce and fraudulently use ATM and credit cards.   [From the Dayton Daily News: 05.17.2003]

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		U.S. government cracks down on Internet fraud By Grant Gross, IDG News Service MAY 16, 2003
		More than 130 people have been arrested and $17 million worth of property seized in an Internet fraud sweep announced today by three U.S. government agencies. The sweep, announced by the U.S. Department of Justice, the FBI and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), included arrests for credit card fraud, Internet auction fraud, theft of satellite TV signals, identify theft and the operation of a bogus Internet investment service. One California man was charged with four counts of criminal infringement of a copyright and other crimes for allegedly using a camcorder to record movies in theaters and then selling the movies on the Internet. An Illinois defendant pleaded guilty to mail fraud and wire fraud for charging victims $30 or $45 for a bogus business opportunity involving stuffing envelopes at home for $2 per envelope. The initiative, called Operation E-Con, included support from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as a number of state and local law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and in other countries. Operation E-Con, which began issuing indictments in January, resulted in the arrest of 50 people this week. U.S. attorneys' offices have also charged 48 people and received 12 guilty pleas this week, according to the Justice Department. Yesterday, the FTC announced 45 separate civil and criminal actions against alleged Web scammers and deceptive spammers in Texas and elsewhere. "Cyber swindles and dot cons present new challenges to law enforcement," Attorney General John Ashcroft said in a statement. "The Internet enables criminals to cloak themselves in anonymity, making it imperative that law enforcement act more quickly to stop newly emerging schemes before the perpetrators can disappear in the World Wide Web." Justice Department officials promised to continue to track down high-tech scam artists as aggressively as the agency has gone after "traditional hucksters." A Justice Department spokeswoman said the announcement today is designed to show Internet scammers that cyber crime is a priority for U.S. law enforcement agencies. Some of the more inventive schemes alleged by the government agencies include the following:   A California defendant is charged with six counts of wire fraud relating to an alleged scheme to steal nearly $600,000 worth of computer equipment from businesses in Massachusetts and California. According to the indictment, the defendant set up a fictitious corporation, complete with a full-featured Web site and a sham escrow company.   Two Maryland defendants are charged with devising a scheme to lure unsuspecting bank customers to "spoofed" bank Web sites, where victims would enter confidential account data. The defendants then would use the data to produce and use fake ATM and credit cards.   Two California defendants have been indicted on fraud and money-laundering charges for setting up one of the largest Internet investment fraud cases in the country, according to the Justice Department. The investment club allegedly netted more than $60 million from 15,000 investors worldwide. The club's Web site allegedly guaranteed investors a 120% annual rate of return with "no risk of losing the investor's principal investment," as well as substantial referral fees for directing others to the Web site, but the club never invested any of the victims' money. Instead, the two defendants and others allegedly used the funds to purchase millions of dollars' worth of real estate in Mexico and Costa Rica, as well as a yacht and a helicopter; they also allegedly funneled money to dozens of shell companies created in Costa Rica.   Five Pennsylvania defendants were indicted on a charge of conspiracy for allegedly obtaining identification information about residents of Mount Lebanon from the Mount Lebanon Municipal Tax Office, where the defendants were employed as janitors. The defendants allegedly used that information to apply for credit cards over the Internet.   Two California defendants were indicted for one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 41 counts of wire fraud. A man and his Russian-speaking wife allegedly operated a fraudulent Russian dating scheme. The two allegedly bilked more than 400 victims of at least $600,000 over three years by either contacting male victims through online personal ads or posting their own online personal ads in which they claimed they were Russian or Ukrainian women desiring romantic relationships.

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WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- A nationwide initiative against Internet fraud and abuse has resulted in more than 130 arrests and the seizure of $17 million since January, the Justice Department said Friday.

"Operation E-Con" was made up of 90 separate investigations involving 89,000 victims and more than $176 million in losses.

Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Tim Muris and other officials announced the initiative Friday.

Agents in Operation E-Con executed more than 70 search and seizure warrants, the Justice Department said, and the operation involved 43 U.S. attorneys' offices.

This week alone, federal agents arrested 50 people and executed 55 search and seizure warrants, resulting in 12 guilty pleas and charges against 48 people through indictment or court filings.

Besides the U.S. attorneys' offices, the FBI and the FTC, the initiative was coordinated by the Postal Inspection Service, the Secret Service, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a number of state and local law enforcement agencies.

The department said online crimes included multimillion-dollar swindles, auction scams, identity theft, business-opportunity frauds and piracy of software and other copyrighted material.

Internet fraud is a growing problem, the department said.

The Internet Fraud Complaint Center, a joint project of the FBI and the National White-Collar Crime Center, reported that in 2002 it referred more than 48,000 Internet-related fraud complaints to law enforcement.

The FTC also has seen a steady increase in both the numbers and the percentages of Internet-related fraud complaints that it has received over the past three years, officials said.

In 2002, Internet-related fraud complaints made up nearly half of more than 218,000 fraud complaints received by the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Database.

In prepared remarks, Ashcroft described some of the E-Con investigations.

In Los Angeles, "a man was indicted on fraud-related charges for allegedly running an elaborate scheme to defraud sellers of computers," Ashcroft said. "The defendant allegedly set up a fictitious company with a fully featured Web site to place orders for computers. Then he steered prospective computer sellers to a sham escrow company he created, also with a fully featured Web site. The escrow Web site made it appear that he had deposited the funds to be held in escrow, so the computer sellers would ship their products to him."

In San Diego, a husband and wife were indicted on fraud charges for allegedly operating a fraudulent "Russian dating" scheme directed at lonely men worldwide, the attorney general said. The couple allegedly bilked more than 400 victims of at least $600,000 over a period of approximately three years.

In southern Illinois, Ashcroft said, a defendant pleaded guilty this week to mail and wire fraud charges for running a bogus business-opportunity scheme. Through the Internet and direct mail, the defendant persuaded 50,000 people to pay a $30 to $45 registration fee for an at-home envelope stuffing business.

The scam raised $2 million, according to the Justice Department.

Two defendants in eastern California pleaded guilty to fraud-related charges in an Internet investment fraud scheme that netted nearly $60 million from 15,000 victims in 60 countries, Ashcroft said. The investment scheme guaranteed investors a 120 percent annual rate of return with no risk of losing the principal investment.

In Maryland, two men have been charged with wire fraud for allegedly luring unsuspecting bank customers to forged or "spoofed" bank Web sites, the attorney general said.

Though the customers thought the confidential account data they submitted was going to legitimate banks, the defendants allegedly used the data to produce and fraudulently use ATM and credit cards.

In Los Angeles, a man was indicted after he allegedly attended numerous screenings of unreleased major motion pictures, surreptitiously taping the films, and then selling them on the Internet.

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