UK fella is a multimillion-dollar cyber-hustle mastermind – US DoJ
A UK bloke living in America has been indicted by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar online fraud operation.
The DOJ claims 37-year-old Gareth David Long operated a series of schemes that allowed him to illegally withdraw money from the bank accounts of thousands of unsuspecting victims. Long, who was living in Cedar Hill, Texas, faces 39 federal counts including money laundering, wire fraud, and identity theft.
According to the complaint [PDF] filed in the Nevada US District Court, Long ran at least three different scams between 2008 and 2013 in which he created and deposited roughly $22m worth of remotely created checks (RCCs) without authorization.
