Infraud

Infraud is an Internet platform for the sale of stolen data created in 2010, on which by March 2017 there were about 10.9 thousand registered members, including developers and sellers of malicious software.

The name of the shadow site is taken from its slogan In Fraud We Trust ("We believe in fraud"). The criminal organization included at least 36 people from around the world. She managed to cause material damage to the United States in the amount of more than $568 million.

For seven years, cybercriminals have engaged in organized cyber bullying on a global scale. Criminal activities included identity theft, the sale of credit card information, bank fraud, money laundering, the distribution of malicious software and other illegal goods.

2021: Sergey Medvedev sentenced to 10 years in prison

In March 2021, in the United States, a Russian citizen, Sergei Medvedev, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for creating a shadow Internet platform, Infrud, on which they traded bank card data. This is stated on the website of the US Department of Justice.

Medvedev, also known as Stells, Segmed and Serjbear, created  the Infraud organization with Svyatoslav Bondarenko, a native of Ukraine. According to the ministry, from 2010 to 2018, the Russian was also engaged in servicing illegal money transfers, for several years he worked as an administrator of the site. The man "was responsible for managing, making membership decisions and punishing those who violated the rules of the enterprise."

Medvedev was detained in the winter of 2018 in Bangkok, more than 100 thousand bitcoins ($6 billion at the current rate) were found on his accounts.

2018: Accusation of members of the Infraud group

On February 7, 2018, the US Department of Justice announced charges against 36 people belonging to the cybercrime group  Infrud, whose activities damaged consumers, businesses and financial organizations worth more than $530 million. At the same time, hackers intended to steal more than $2.2 billion.

Among the accused are Russian citizen Andriy Novik, as well as Ukrainian citizens Svyatoslav Bonadrenko  and Alexey Klimenko. It is emphasized that 13 people have already been arrested. As indicated, these are citizens of the USA, France, Italy, Kosovo, Serbia, Australia, Great Britain. The Justice Department emphasizes that both the United States and other countries suffered from the actions of fraudsters.

The cyber group that stole $530 million was charged

The closure of Infraud will signal cybercriminals, but it is unlikely to seriously reduce their activity, since there are about 200 similar forums on the Internet, many of which have a much larger audience, say Recorded Future, a cybersecurity company.

Assistant Attorney General David Rybicki called the disclosure of a major cybercrime scheme related to Infrud "a huge step in the fight against international cybercrime."

The indictment says that millions of people were injured by the actions of fraudsters. So, almost 800 thousand access accounts, Internet Bank HSBC dozens of accounts PayPal and a large number of credit card numbers were stolen. In addition, it was possible to advertise on the Infraud website. malicious software^[1]

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