Two Romanians , report as “ outside computer hackers ” by the United States Justice Department , have been extradite to the United States to confront hacking and fraud armorial bearing .
Teodor Laurentiu Costea , 41 , and Robert Codrut Dumitrescu , 40 , are accused of using electronic computer in the Atlanta , Georgia , domain to station “ thousands of automated telephone calls and text content ” to victims in the region , incorrectly representing themselves as financial institutions . The targets were then provided a phone bit and told to call to resolve issue with their bank accounts , grant to the DOJ .
When the victims called , the agency tell , they were “ prompted by interactive voice reaction software program to enter their bank business relationship number , pin , and full or partial Social Security numbers . ”
The scheme allegedly call for place between 2011 and 2014 .
The US government alleges that information related to these report — which it says were either sold or used to commit fraud — was discovered on compromised computers and later accessed by Costa and Dumitrescu .
“ At the sentence of his arrest in Romania , Costea own 36,051 fraudulently obtained financial write up numbers , ” say the DOJ , which estimated the fiscal red ink from the schema at over $ 18 million .
A third Romanian human being , Cosmin Draghici , 28 , is reportedly in custody in Romania , awaiting extradition to the U.S. ( Draghici is accused of having aid in the sales agreement or use of the stolen info . )
“ While in Romania , the defendant allegedly target victims throughout the U.S. , including in the North District of Georgia , stealing personal information and possibly make zillion of clam in losses , ” US Attorney Byung J. Pak said .
The U.S. hopes the extraditions will serve as a subject matter to cybercriminals worldwide : “ Our message to the victim of cyber fraud is that the FBI wo n’t let geographical boundaries stop us from pursuing and prosecute the mortal who cause them tremendous fiscal pain , ” FBI Special Agent in Charge David LeValley tell in a statement .
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