Jul 28,2010
Ukrainian Carding King ‘Maksik’ Was Lured to Arrest
A Ukrainian carder who earned more than $11 million selling credit and debit card data stolen from top U.S. retailers was lured to a meeting in Turkey in 2007 where he was arrested by local authorities, according to a new report released Wednesday. Maksym Yastremskiy, alleged to be the underground carding kingpin known as “Maksik,” was sentenced to 30 years in a Turkish prison. He was a key player in the criminal ring of TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez. The Justice Department had said in its 2008 press release on the matter that he was seized while he was on vacation in ...
Filed Under: Albert Gonzalez, Breaches, Crime, Cybersecurity, Hacks and Cracks, Maksym Yastremski, Online Security, maksik, tjx, Tags: Online Security, wired

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