Ametovski and his co-conspirators were merchants of crime, stealing victims’ information and selling that information to other criminals.
Djevair Ametovski, a Macedonian citizen, was sentenced by United States District Judge Eric N. Vitaliano to 90 months’ imprisonment after previously pleading guilty to access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.
Those crimes related to Ametovski’s operation of ‘Codeshop,’ a website he created for the sole purpose of selling stolen credit and debit card data, bank account credentials and personal identification information.
Judge Vitaliano also ordered the defendant to forfeit $250,000 and to pay restitution in an amount to be determined by the Court at a later date.
Ametovski was arrested in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in January 2014, and was extradited to the United States in May 2016.
Ametovski and his co-conspirators operated Codeshop between August 2010 and January 2014, victimizing hundreds of thousands of individuals around the world by hacking into the computer databases of financial institutions and other businesses and through ‘phishing’ scams designed to induce accountholders to unwittingly surrender private identification information.
The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s National Security & Cybercrime Section. Assistant United States Attorneys Saritha Komatireddy and David K. Kessler are in charge of the prosecution.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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