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Eastern Europeans sought in online marketplace fraud scheme |
October 25, 2013
Six Eastern European men are being sought by U.S. prosecutors for allegedly netting up to US$3 million by placing fraudulent advertisements for vehicles, motorcycles and boats on major online marketplaces, including eBay.Ringleader Nicolae Popescu is accused of leading a group that placed advertisements for goods costing between $10,000 to $45,000, collecting the money from victims and never delivering the goods, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release on Thursday.Interpol has issued notices seeking Popescu's arrest, along with fellow Romanians Daniel Alexe, Dmitru Daniel Bosogioiu, Ovidiu Cristea, and Dragomir Razvan and an Albanian man, Fabjan Meme. They're charged in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.Six co-defendants were arrested in December 2012, the DOJ said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2058060/eastern-europeans-sought-in-online-marketplace-fraud-scheme.html#tk.rss_all
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