A Russian man living in Tewksbury, who went by the online nickname "Joga," pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to participating in a scheme to use stolen credit card and debit card information to buy more than $400,000 in expensive electronics and gift cards .
Alexey Svetlichnyy, 32, a Russian citizen living in Tewksbury, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Dale Burroughs scheduled sentencing for June 3, according to an FBI press release.
When making these online purchases, Svetlichnyy, and others, frequently used the names and billing addresses associated with the stolen data, but then shipped the goods and cards to addresses that Svetlichnyy controlled.
Svetlichnyy, and others, advertised over Russian language-social networks to recruit individuals to receive the stolen goods and gift cards.
Svetlichnyy, and others, paid the individuals to re-ship the items to addresses in Chelmsford and North Reading, among other places, where Svetlichnyy had opened private, commercial mailboxes in the name of a Delaware company, Micaxr, LLC.
From March 2010 to October 2013, Svetlichnyy sold the stolen goods and gift cards for more than $427,000 on eBay.
Federal prosecutors alleged in a May 2014 complaint that Svetlichnyy and others obtained stolen credit and debit card data and sent the account holder's private information over online forums used to traffick in stolen information, including Carder Planet, Vendorsname, and Direct Connect
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Alexey Svetlichnyy, 32, a Russian citizen living in Tewksbury, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud conspiracy. U.S. District Court Judge Allison Dale Burroughs scheduled sentencing for June 3, according to an FBI press release.
When making these online purchases, Svetlichnyy, and others, frequently used the names and billing addresses associated with the stolen data, but then shipped the goods and cards to addresses that Svetlichnyy controlled.
Svetlichnyy, and others, advertised over Russian language-social networks to recruit individuals to receive the stolen goods and gift cards.
Svetlichnyy, and others, paid the individuals to re-ship the items to addresses in Chelmsford and North Reading, among other places, where Svetlichnyy had opened private, commercial mailboxes in the name of a Delaware company, Micaxr, LLC.
From March 2010 to October 2013, Svetlichnyy sold the stolen goods and gift cards for more than $427,000 on eBay.
Federal prosecutors alleged in a May 2014 complaint that Svetlichnyy and others obtained stolen credit and debit card data and sent the account holder's private information over online forums used to traffick in stolen information, including Carder Planet, Vendorsname, and Direct Connect
Read more: http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_27678359/russian-citizen-pleads-guilty-tewksbury-stolen-card-scheme#ixzz3Tx2AQwU0