A 34-year-old Ukrainian has maderna 5,000-mile trip from Poland tornface international hacking andrnmoney-laundering charges in thernUS. In court, Viktor Chostak wasrnnamed with three others in arn25-count indictment tied to tornthe theft of at least $10 millionrnfrom US companies.rnIt is alleged that Chostak wasrnpart of a group that hacked intorncompany bank accounts andrntransferred millions to Russia,rnLatvia, Ukraine and Moldova. Thernoperation relied on innocent peoplernbeing duped into thinking theyrnwere being used for legitimaternwork. Ring leaders wired the stolenrnmoney to these so-called “moneyrnmules,” who were instructed torndeposit it in their own accounts.rnThey then withdrew the moneyrnand wired it to the conspirator’srnpartners overseas. The mules werernonly used once and never paid.rnIn all, some 15,000 were recruitedrnin the United States alone.
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