WASHINGTON – A Romanian national has been extradited to the United States to face charges for allegedly participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to hack into and steal credit card data from US merchants.
Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, 28, of Constanta, Romania, appeared in federal court in New Hampshire today to face federal charges related to his alleged participation in the scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and US Attorney John P. Kacavas of the District of New Hampshire.
Oprea, along with three other Romanian nationals, Iulian Dolan, Cezar Iulian Butu and Florin Radu, were charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit access device fraud in a four-count indictment unsealed on Dec. 6, 2011.
According to the indictment, from approximately 2008 until May 2011, Oprea, Dolan, Butu and Radu conspired to remotely hack into more than 200 US-based merchants’ point-of-sale (POS) or ‘checkout’ computer systems to steal customers’ credit, debit and gift card numbers and associated data.
The indictment alleges that members of the conspiracy compromised the credit card data of more than 80,000 customers, and millions of dollars of unauthorized purchases have been made using the compromised data.
If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison for the conspiracy to commit computer fraud charge and for each conspiracy to commit access device fraud charge and 20 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud charge.
The case was investigated by the US Secret Service and is being prosecuted by Assistant US Attorney Arnold H. Huftalen of the District of New Hampshire and Trial Attorney Mona Sedky of the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section in the Criminal Division.
The Office of International Affairs in the Criminal Division provided substantial assistance, and the department would like to thank Subway for its cooperation.
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Key Facts
- State: New Hampshire
- Category: Cybercrime,Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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