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The suspect was selling credit card data on a darknet, and laundering the money he earned using bitcoin.
Boston prosecutors have charged New Yorker Vitaliy Antonenko with a series of cybercrimes, credit card trafficking and money laundering using cryptocurrency.
Antonenko was arrested and detained in March 2019 on charges of money laundering at John F. Kennedy's New York International Airport after he arrived there from Ukraine with computers and other digital media containing hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers. According to investigators, the suspect was selling the stolen data on the darknet, and the earned money was allegedly laundered using Bitcoin.
As indicated in the indictment, the young man, together with accomplices, examined the Network for vulnerabilities in computer networks containing credit and debit card account numbers, payment card data, and other confidential information. Through SQL injections, criminals gained access to networks, extracted the necessary data and sold them on clandestine trading floors.
The charges presented imply a total sentence of imprisonment of up to 25 years, as well as a fine of up to $ 750 thousand.
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Boston prosecutors have charged New Yorker Vitaliy Antonenko with a series of cybercrimes, credit card trafficking and money laundering using cryptocurrency.
Antonenko was arrested and detained in March 2019 on charges of money laundering at John F. Kennedy's New York International Airport after he arrived there from Ukraine with computers and other digital media containing hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers. According to investigators, the suspect was selling the stolen data on the darknet, and the earned money was allegedly laundered using Bitcoin.
As indicated in the indictment, the young man, together with accomplices, examined the Network for vulnerabilities in computer networks containing credit and debit card account numbers, payment card data, and other confidential information. Through SQL injections, criminals gained access to networks, extracted the necessary data and sold them on clandestine trading floors.
The charges presented imply a total sentence of imprisonment of up to 25 years, as well as a fine of up to $ 750 thousand.
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