The FBI has arrested a Russian citizen for allegedly helping internet users by selling unauthorized accounts and personal data. The arrest took place at John F. Kennedy Airport.
"We received information from US enforcement agencies that he was detained on March 7," said Alexei Tobolsky, a spokesman for the Russian consulate.
According to him, the initial arrest initiative comes from the FBI in San Diego . The Russian has not yet contacted the consulate.
According to the FBI, Mr. Firsov ran the Deer.io platform where there are online stores involved in illegal activities. The bench warrant indicates that Firsov has been involved in Deer.io's work since its launch (October 2013).
According to the claim, Firsov is that the director of this platform, which is found in Russia and provides a chance for criminal elements to sell its "products and services." The prosecution claims that the platform sells financial information, hacked US and international companies, personal data, and stolen accounts to several US companies.
The prosecution said that the cyber criminal who wants to sell smugglers or provide criminal services through the platform can do so for $ 12 a month. The monthly fee is paid in Bitcoin or via variety of Russian payment systems, like WebMoney. consistent with Firsov, quite 24 thousand stores worked on the location , which brought in additional than $ 17 million.
US enforcement officers have opened a criminal case, under which Deer.io is employed almost entirely for cybercrime purposes. The FBI found stores on Firsov selling access to hacked accounts, servers, and data to users.
The office said that Kirill Versov was conscious of who was using his platform, and announced Deer.io quite once on cybercrime forums.