Case Studies
Fraud Blog posts tagged “Case Studies”.
Website sells tens of thousands of counterfeit credit cards
The FBI and US Postal Inspection Service recently assumed control of fakeplastic.net, a massive and well organized online operation selling…
Nov 3, 2021 · 1 min read Case StudiesApple Store Employee Bypassed Security Checks to Accept Known Bad Checks
Roberto Sanchez, a former Apple Store employee in New Hampshire, reached a plea bargain to serve three months in jail after intentionally…
Nov 2, 2021 · 1 min read Case StudiesBrothers Generate $1.4 Million in Commissions from Incomplete Sales
Brothers Andrew and Allen Chiu placed $23 million worth of fraudulent orders through FatWallet, a membership shopping community that…
Nov 2, 2021 · 1 min read Case StudiesDNSChanger Behind $14M Affiliate Fraud Shut Down by FBI
The DNSChanger malware, which spread to more than 500,000 devices in the U.S. and 4 million worldwide, redirected the web browsers on…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesEleven Florida Identity Tax Return Fraud Ring Members Arrested
Tax refund fraud is a growing crime that costs the federal government billions each year. Eleven members of an identity fraud ring…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesFraudsters Copy Legitimate Microsoft Email Days Later in Phishing Scam
Phishing scams can often be convincing, and a recent case of a phishing campaign emulating a legitimate Microsoft email about changes to…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesFraudsters Target New Zealand Auction Site to Recruit Money Mules
Fraud rings have been trying to increase their membership as they have targeted users of the New Zealand auction website Trade Me with a…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Industry NewsHow Large of a Problem is Click Fraud?
A recent Forbes headline read “Is Click Fraud A Ticking Time Bomb Under Google?” referencing the billions in revenue Google makes each year…
Nov 2, 2021 · 1 min read Case StudiesIncreased Credit Limits with Fake Identities Stealing $200 Million
Eighteen members of a sophisticated fraud ring operating out of New Jersey were arrested in early February for their massive scam creating…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesMicrosoft and Symantec Shutdown Massive Botnet
The Bamital botnet, assembled by an organized group of fraudsters to commit click fraud, infected hundreds of thousands of computers but…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesOrchestrated Global Attacks Steal $11 Million with Prepaid Card ATM Withdrawals
In a highly organized and orchestrated attack, money mules across the world cashed out prepaid debit cards withdrawing millions of dollars…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read Case StudiesOrganized Fraud Attack Compromised Merchant POS Systems with Malware
Two men from Romania were extradited to the United States last May after being accused of running a fraud operation that installed malware…
Nov 2, 2021 · 2 min read