Rimasauskas Evaldas (Evaldas Rimasauskas)

Biography

2017: Theft at Google and Facebook more than $100 million

In March, 2017 to media there went information that two leading American Internet companies suffered from the phishing attack organized by the swindler from Lithuania. Company names did not reveal, but it was noted that the malefactor managed to jockey out more than $100 million.

On April 27 it became known that the companies were the victims of the speculator Facebook and Google. It found out the Fortune edition based on own investigation, BBC News reports.^[1]

Google fell a victim of a phishing attack of the swindler from Lithuania

48-year-old Evaldas Rimasauskas is accused of deception of Internet giant using electronic messages on behalf of the false company. It is known that it applied the fraudulent scheme for at least two years, from 2013 to 2015.

Fraudulent phishing letters went to employees and agents of the companies victims which regularly carried out multimillion transactions with the [Asian] company, says the U.S. Department of Justice, extended in March.

The letters which are allegedly written by the staff of the firm located in Asia went from the e-mail addresses and looked so as if they were really sent by the specified company, but actually were false.

Also the Ministry of Justice of the USA accuses Rimasauskas that he forged invoices and contracts, signing them on behalf of heads of the companies attacked by it.

At the end of March the Reuters agency knew that for the swindle the swindler used the name Quanta Computer, Taiwanese company, being one of the world's largest contract computer makers. Information was publicly confirmed by the representative of Quanta Carol Hu.^[2]

Now, in response to requests of Fortune, representatives of Facebook and Google reported that they also were the victims of the Lithuanian swindler. Both companies noted that returned means, however did not specify how many money was translated by them is returned also afterwards.^[3]

2019: Evaldas Rimasauskas pled guilty of fraud

At the end of March, 2019 the U.S. Department of Justice took out official charge to the citizen of Lithuania Evaldas Rimasauskas who enticed at Google and Facebook of $123 million. The swindler admitted the guilt.

Usually hackers watch some time the planned victim, collecting some file. Having accumulated enough information, they send phishing messages to top managers — as a rule, to finance division

Within two years of Google and Facebook transferred funds to bank accounts of the swindler in Latvia and in Cyprus. Then money quickly dispersed on accounts of the most different banks worldwide, including Latvia, Cyprus, Slovakia, Lithuania, Hungary and Hong Kong. As a result of fraud of Google lost about $23 million, and Facebook — $100 million. The companies reported that they actively cooperated with law enforcement agencies when conducting investigation.

See Also

• Fraud with e-mail

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