As a Lithuanian resident stole $ 122 million from Facebook and Google
He sent the companies fake bills, and they paid them. The scheme worked for more than two years, but now the man faces up to 30 years in prison.
Lithuanian Evaldas Rimašauskas (Evaldas Rimasauskas) deceived from Google and Facebook over 100 million dollars, writes Tjournal. He sent companies fake bills for services and products that they did not receive, and demanded payment. The fraud lasted from 2013 to 2015 a year, but the details of the case became known only in March 2019 of of the report US Department of Justice.
How the circuit worked
According to the American department, the basis of the Rimašauskas scheme was the company Quanta Computer Inc, which it registered in Latvia. Its name corresponded the name of the Chinese manufacturer of components.
Using the similarity of the names, Rimašauskas made Facebook and Google employees believe that his company was their contractor. To do this, the fraudster, including forged e-mail addresses, fabricated contracts, invoices and correspondence with corporate employees.
The man also used documents certified by fake stamps of organizations - a man provided them to banks to approve translations. For money laundering, he also opened several accounts in banks in Cyprus, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovakia and Latvia.
After successfully receiving funds, Rimašauskas transferred them to accounts in different countries in order to hide the money trace. According to ReutersFrom 2013 to 2015 in this way, the scammer got 23 million dollars from Google and almost 100 million dollars from Facebook.
The report of the US Justice Department did not disclose the names of the affected companies, but Google confirmed the publication Bleeping Computerthat became a victim of the Rimašauskas scheme. Representatives of the company noted that they discovered fraud and reported it to the authorities. In Google explained that they returned back the stolen funds.
What threatens the organizer of the scheme
20 March Rimašauskas pleaded guilty fraud, identity theft and three money laundering cases. He agreed to pay the US 49 million 738 thousand 559 dollars - the amount of income that he received personally for the first article of the prosecution (“electronic fraud”).
If the court finds Rimašauskas guilty on all three charges, he faces up to 30 years in prison. The next man’s hearing is scheduled for July 24 on the morning of July 2019.
In total, since 2016, thanks to the use of such schemes, the fraudsters got more than three billion dollars through fraud. By FBI dataThis type of fraud is one of the most unprofitable for companies.
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