Last week the case of Valentine FOMBE was finally brought to a close. FOMBE was sentenced to 144 months in Federal prison and ordered to pay $325,856 in restitution to victims of Business Emai...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/03/bec-scammers-adventures-on-run.html
Three indictments have been unsealed in Maryland that document an extensive network of shell companies that were used to wash at least $9.5 Million in funds from at least fifteen #BEC (Bu...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/02/maryland-busts-95-million-bec-money.html
When I'm talking to bankers and other fraud fighters, I often mention how easy it is for a criminal to obtain a Drivers License bearing any information they desire. I was reminded of this again a...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/02/identification-documents-obsolete-fraud.html
If you are just joining us, we are reviewing the court transcripts of a Business Email Compromise / Romance Scam Money Laundering case. Part One reveals "Classic Baggie: A Delaware BEC Case c...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/01/classic-baggie-part-three-romance-scam.html
The Crypto Launderers: Crime and Cryptocurrencies from the Dark Web to DeFi and Beyond - by David Carlisle I wish I had a way to review this book without having first read last year’s ...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/01/book-review-crypto-launderers-crime-and.html
In Part 1 of this story Classic Baggie: A Delaware BEC Case calls him the leader of an International Criminal Organization the prosecutor in the case of Olugbenga Lawal has given his opening arg...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/01/classic-baggie-part-2-how-to-run-money.html
The U.S. Attorney's office in Delaware charged Olugbenga Lawal with being a major money launderer for a Nigerian-based international criminal organization that specialized in Business Email Compr...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2024/01/classic-baggie-delaware-bec-case-calls.html
Earlier this month, Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit was featured in a WIRED article by Lily Hay Newman - Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit Goes Deep on How It Disrupts Cybercrime. In part, the a...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2023/12/vietnams-massive-captcha-crackers-vs.html
One of my techniques for keeping current on Cybercrime trends is having an "interesting" collection of international news ticklers. This story came to me via X:CyberScamMonitor via a QQ account ...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2023/12/china-continues-pig-butchering-crack.html
Some of you may have heard that students in UAB's Investigating Online Crimes class have been researching Crypto Investment Scam websites. You can find a list of some of the sites we've identif...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2023/05/mirror-trading-internationals-cornelius.html
If your online accounts are like mine, almost every day I'm "force joined" to a new Telegram group where a crypto investment scammer tries to tell everyone how great their scam investment site is...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2023/02/watching-crypto-investment-scam.html
As you know from the title of my blog, "CyberCrime & Doing Time," I'm very interested in cybercrime and the criminal justice system. This week I've been looking at SIM Swapping cases and wanted t...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2023/01/sim-swapping-crypto-theft-and.html
TL;DR? Good news! I read them for you! On 15SEP2022, the Department of Justice released their report "The Role of Law Enforcement in Detecting, Investigating, and Prosecuting Criminal Act...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-new-doj-law-enforcement-crypto.html
On September 9, 2022, the FBI's Philadelphia office asked for help locating Chidozie Collins Obasi. OBASI is charged with being part of a conspiracy to steal more than $30 Million related t...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/09/chidozie-collins-obasi-covid-fraud-work.html
On 10AUG2022 three Nigerians were extradited from the UK to the US to face charges related to their roles in conducting Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks against a number of US-based busi...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/08/three-uk-based-nigerian-bec-scammers.html
Lately there has been a media-driven craze in the fraud community to call every crypto-investment scam "Pig Butchering." I hope you will join me in canceling that term after you read this art...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/08/please-stop-calling-all-crypto-scams.html
On July 7, 2022, the US Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced that Ping Express had been found guilty . Prior to this, their CEO Anslem Oshionebo*, their COO Opeyemi Odeyale (now ...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/07/nigerian-money-transfer-company-linked.html
My niece, Anna, is a school teacher in the Birmingham Public School system. Another teacher in the system got phished and the phisher sent an email to a bunch of other teachers, offering them a...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/06/that-job-your-co-worker-emailed-you.html
BLUF: BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT I want to start this post with the most important thing right up top: The CISA.gov/Shields-Up page starts with this statement. PLEASE take it seriously, and e...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/03/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-and.html
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/PDF/AnnualReport/2021_IC3Report.pdf The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (ic3.gov) has released their 2021 Internet Crime Report. The number of complaints inc...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/03/bec-still-1-but-investment-fraud-passes.html
This week the Department of Justice received a guilty plea from Jianjie Liu, a Chinese citizen living in Texas. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-money-la...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2022/03/chinese-call-center-runner-pleads.html
As we look towards the Christmas holiday, 'tis the season for freaking out and making poor decisions with regards to online shopping. Tonight a friend reached out to get my help in convincing his...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2021/12/online-shopping-reminder-if-it-looks.html
You may recall from July that I am very impressed with the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) in Ireland. (See: "Operation Skein: The Irish Garda Target BEC Criminals ") While the...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2021/11/to-black-axe-gardawillgetyou.html
If you live in the United States and have an AT&T phone, you are almost certainly receiving SMS messages that look something like this: AT&T Free Msg: August bill is paid. Thanks, MARY! Here's...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2021/09/at-free-msg-you-know-you-shouldnt-click.html
The Taliban announced the leadership of their new Afghan government this week. As expected, there were many familiar names to those who follow terrorism sanctions. What does this mean for f...
https://garwarner.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-taliban-leadership-by-sanctions.html