An email hacking scheme defrauded over 1,000 victims in 47 states and 19 countries out of about $215 million. Authorities have now found 25 defendants guilty of their involvement in the international money laundering and fraud scheme. The case focused on a type of scheme called “business email compromise,” a fraud technique that redirected payments through email. According to court documents and evidence presented, the schemers’ objective was to…
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