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Florida Man Pleads Guilty To Cell Phone Fraud Involving $1 Million

Edwin Fana admitted to a cell phone fraud operation that resulted in $1 million in losses to victims. Telecommunication indentifying data was hacked and stolen to make international calls to countries with high calling rates like Cuba, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic. Fana and his co-conspirators carried out identity theft of US nationals and used the stolen data to open new cell phone accounts. The phones, controlled by the criminals, were then re-programmed to make calls which were billed to victims accounts.”]

Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/florida-man-pleads-guilty-to-cell-phone-fraud-involving-1-million

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