Man Phished His Way into Stealing Bitcoin from Dark Web Criminals

in darkweb •  7 years ago 

 

This new phishing scam just goes to show that even (some) cyber criminals are not the smartest –regardless of their skill level. 35-year-old tech professional, Michael Richo, was recently arrested  for using phishing techniques to steal bitcoin from dark web criminals. In the official court documents, Richo operated a phishing site  masked as popular darknet marketplaces. Although the marketplaces were  never identified, one can assume by the sheer amount of profit that the  marketplaces were big-named ones like AlphaBay and Dream Market. 

 After logging in, Richo was able to transfer money from his victims’  bitcoin wallet to his own. From there, he’d convert the Bitcoin dollars  into real dollars and deposit the funds into his Bank of America  account. Richo also obtained the Bitcoin dollars via Green Dot prepaid  debit cards, Western Union withdrawals, and MoneyGram transfers. The profit totaled over $365,000. Richo finally took a fall in 2013,  when a criminal complaint was filed against him after he spent time  bragging on dark web forums about his illegal business. After keenly monitoring his activity over the gollowing year,  authorities were finally able to gain access to his home. This allowed  them to confiscate all electronics; including computers, hard drives,  and various other storage devices. Richo now faces up to 30 years in prison with the charges “access  device fraud” and “money laundering”. He was previously on bond with  computer monitoring conditions, but now awaits sentencing, which will  take place on September 28, 2017. 




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