Industry News: Cyber

Russian Charged in $1.5 Million Cyber Tax Fraud Scheme

Written by Cybersecurity | May 14, 2019 1:53:08 PM

2019-04-30

BankInfoSecurity: A Russian citizen has been charged with stealing more than $1.5 million from the Internal Revenue Service after hacking into tax preparation companies and stealing personal data. On Monday, an indictment was returned in U.S. federal court against 33-year-old Anton Bogdanov, aka "Kusok," charging him with wire fraud conspiracy, aggravated identity theft and computer intrusion. Prosecutors have accused Bogdanov of working with unnamed accomplices to steal personal information and use it to file federal tax returns and fraudulently obtain tax refunds...

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