Carder.su explained
Carder.su is a crime forum and online marketplace specialising in the sale of credit card details and identity theft.
Since 2007, Operation Open Market, an operation run by the HSI and the United States Secret Service has targeted the site, believed to be based in Las Vegas in the US.[1]
In 2011, an alleged major vendor of credit card dumps and prominent Carder.su member, Roman Seleznev, was apprehended in the Maldives by US law enforcement.[2] [3]
In 2012, identity thief David Ray Camez was arrested and charged with everyone else in an unprecedented use of the RICO legislation.[4] [5]
In early 2012, American cash-out master and top level carder Cameron "Kilobit" Harrison and 38 other people were indicted under the R.I.C.O. statute and arrested for buying and selling hacked and or otherwise compromised card details via Carder.su.[6] In November 2014, Kilobit (Cameron Harrison) was sentenced to 115 months in Federal Prison and ordered to pay $50.8 million in restitution after rejecting and refusing any plea deals that were offered by the government. His release date is set as 02/19/2021.
In January 2015 a Macedonian man Jordan Georgievski was arrested in relation to the site.[7]
In March 2015 the US Department of State has issued a reward for information leading to the arrest of mid-level leader Konstantin Lopatin, aka "Graf" and leader Roman Olegovich Zolotarev.[8]
External links
- https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nv/legacy/2013/05/23/Open%20market%20indictment%2012-cr-00084.pdf
- https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nv/legacy/2013/05/23/open%20market%2013-cr-00120%20indictment.pdf
- https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nv/legacy/2013/05/23/12-04%20indictment.pdf
- https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nv/legacy/2013/05/23/omar%20butt%2012-83%20indictmentpdf.pdf
Notes and References
- News: Federal Authorities Arrest 19 Persons in Operation "Open Market". 8 August 2015. 16 March 2012.
- News: Krebs. Brian. Feds Charge Carding Kingpin in Retail Hacks. 16 August 2015. 8 July 2014.
- News: Chiacu. Doina. Moscow accuses United States of 'kidnapping' Russian hacker. 16 August 2015. 8 July 2014. 24 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924202429/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/us-usa-cybersecurity-arrest-idUSKBN0FD0Z020140708. live.
- News: US cyber-thief gets 20-year jail term. 16 August 2015. 19 May 2014.
- News: J. Schwartz. Mathew. Cybercrime Milestone: Guilty Verdict In RICO Case. 16 August 2015. 12 December 2013.
- News: Munson. Lee. Carder.su fraudster jailed for 9 years and ordered to pay $50.8m. 2 August 2015. 14 November 2014.
- News: Macedonia man pleads not guilty in US court in Las Vegas in 'Carder.su' identity theft case. 2 August 2015. 12 January 2015.
- News: Colón. Marcos. Gov't offers $3 million reward for info on alleged Carder.su cybercriminals. 2 August 2015. 27 March 2015.
