GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: The grim reaper of the tech world has been caught in New York. Juan S. Cordero, the mastermind behind a colossal international cellphone fraud scheme, was nabbed by authorities in the Dominican Republic and is now set to face justice in the Southern District of New York.
United States Attorney Damian Williams led the charge against Cordero and his cronies, who are accused of bilking millions of dollars worth of iPhones from AT&T customers. The operation spanned the United States and the Dominican Republic, with victims across America feeling the pinch.
CORDERO, along with seven other defendants including DANIEL A. TORRES, ALEKSEY SERYY, RARNIERY MOLINA (a/k/a “Eddy”), ADAEL ARIEL FIGARO, SALAH SAL ALTAWEEL, JOSE F. CORDERO, and JEANCARLOS URENA, stand accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, actual wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
Williams minced no words, stating, “Cordero and his gang deceived customers into providing PIN codes, obtaining millions in stolen goods. Today, they face the music.”
Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), echoed the sentiments, noting that HSI’s cutting-edge tech skills and traditional investigative methods had once again proved instrumental in shutting down a cybercriminal operation.
The fraudulent scheme, as outlined in the Indictment, saw conspirators obtain personal information through dark web purchases or by posing as AT&T representatives to dupe customers into revealing their PIN codes. With these codes, they added themselves as authorized users of victims’ accounts, leading to tens of thousands of dollars in losses for AT&T.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Cybercrime|Public Corruption|Organized Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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