The US State Department and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation are willing to pay a
total $4.2 Million for information leading to
the arrest and/or conviction of top 5 most
wanted cyber criminals accused of conducting
frauds of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Evgeniy Bogachev,30; Nicolae Popescu, 34;
Alexsey Belan, 28; Peteris Sahurovs, 26; and
Shailesh Kumar Jain, 45; are in the list of FBI's
Top 5 most-wanted hackers.
1. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev | Reward - $3
MILLION
Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev , also known
under the aliases "lucky12345," "Slavik," and
"Pollingsoon," is the mastermind behind the
GameOver Zeus botnet , which was allegedly used
by criminals to infect more than 1 Million
computers, resulting in up to $100 Million in
losses since 2009.
Besides GameOver Zeus botnet, Bogachev is also
accused of developing CryptoLocker
Ransomware, which was designed to extort
money from computer victims by holding their
system’s files hostage until the victim pays a
ransom fee to get them back.
Bogachev tops the FBI target's list with $3
Million in reward for anyone giving the
information leading to his direct arrest and/or
conviction.
2. Nicolae Popescu | Reward - $1 Million
Nicolae Popescu, who also used the aliases
Niculae Popescu, Nae Popescu, Nicolae Petrache,
"Nae", and "Stoichitoiu", second topped the
FBI's 5 Most-Wanted Cyber Criminals list.
This 34-year-old Romanian is accused of
fooling innocent Americans with fake auction
posts on several websites, including eBay,
Cars.com, and AutoTrader.com, claiming to sell
cars that just didn't exist.
Popescu and other criminal hackers affiliated
with the scheme made more than $3 Million off
the auctions, victimizing almost 800 users who
handed over money for imaginary cars, Rolex
watches, yachts, private airplanes, and other
luxury goods.
Authorities tracked down and arrested six
members of the cyber gang in late 2012, but
Popescu and a partner slipped away.
3. Alexsey Belan | Reward - $100,000
Alexsey Belan , a Russian national, is wanted
for allegedly stealing consumer data by
compromising the cyber security systems of
three unnamed major US-based e-commerce
sites in Nevada and California between 2012
and 2013.
After stealing and exporting user databases
with passwords to his server, Belan is accused
of allegedly negotiating the sales of the
databases.
4. Peteris Sahurovs | Reward - $50,000
Peteris Sahurovs is accused of developing and
selling a computer virus through advertisements
on news website pages. He allegedly carried out
the scheme from February 2010 to September
2010.
Under the malicious scheme, the fake ads
displayed on the web pages forced users to
purchase fraudulent antivirus software.
In case, a user refuse to buy the software, the
victim’s desktop would be flooded with pop-ups
and fake security alerts.
Sahurovs, a native of Latvia, made more than
$2 Million by selling his "antivirus" software.
5. Shailesh Kumar Jain | Reward - $50,000
Shailesh Kumar Jain is the only American
citizen on the FBI’s Most Wanted Hackers list. Jain made $100 Million between December 2006 and October 2008, according to the FBI. He used a flood of pop-up ads and email scamming to convince users that their computers were infected with a virus and then selling them the bogus AV software packages for
between $30 and $70.
Source : thehackernews.com
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