Eastern District of Virginia Canadian cybercriminal sentenced to a year in prison for NFT theft scheme United States Department of Justice
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ppALEXANDRIA Va A Canadian was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud wire fraud and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theftppAccording to court documents in May 2022 Cameron Albert Redman 22 of Mississauga Ontario formed a scheme to steal nonfungible tokens NFTs by gaining unauthorized access to the X accounts of various digital artists The conspirators used the artists online identities to direct the artists followers to fraudulent websites There victims would seek to claim new NFTs from the digital artists Though victims thought they were authorizing a transaction to receive NFTs into their digital wallets they unknowingly enabled the conspirators to remove cryptocurrency and NFTs from their walletsppWithin a few days Redman and his coconspirators defrauded over 200 victims and profited over 794000ppErik S Siebert US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and Reid Davis Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Offices Criminal Division made the announcement after sentencing by US District Judge Leonie M BrinkemappThe Justice Departments Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance to secure the arrest and March 2025 extradition from Portugal of Redman The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cybercrime Investigation Team Central Region provided valuable assistance in this caseppAssistant US Attorney Zoe Bedell prosecuted the caseppA copy of this press release is located on the website of the US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No 125cr129ppUSAVAEPressusdojgovppConor Brian Fitzpatrick 22 of Peekskill New York was resentenced today to three years in prison for his creation and operation of BreachForums a marketplace for cybercriminals to buy sellppThe Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the BlackSuit Royal Ransomware group which included the takedown of four servers and nine domains on July 24ppThe US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and traditional internet domains and cryptocurrency funds associated with the BidenCash marketplaceppEastern District of VirginiaJustin W Williams United States Attorneys Building2100 Jamieson AveAlexandria VA 22314ppEmail USAOEDVAppAlexandria 7032993700ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
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ppALEXANDRIA Va A Canadian was sentenced yesterday to a year in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud wire fraud and conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theftppAccording to court documents in May 2022 Cameron Albert Redman 22 of Mississauga Ontario formed a scheme to steal nonfungible tokens NFTs by gaining unauthorized access to the X accounts of various digital artists The conspirators used the artists online identities to direct the artists followers to fraudulent websites There victims would seek to claim new NFTs from the digital artists Though victims thought they were authorizing a transaction to receive NFTs into their digital wallets they unknowingly enabled the conspirators to remove cryptocurrency and NFTs from their walletsppWithin a few days Redman and his coconspirators defrauded over 200 victims and profited over 794000ppErik S Siebert US Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and Reid Davis Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Washington Field Offices Criminal Division made the announcement after sentencing by US District Judge Leonie M BrinkemappThe Justice Departments Office of International Affairs provided substantial assistance to secure the arrest and March 2025 extradition from Portugal of Redman The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cybercrime Investigation Team Central Region provided valuable assistance in this caseppAssistant US Attorney Zoe Bedell prosecuted the caseppA copy of this press release is located on the website of the US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for Case No 125cr129ppUSAVAEPressusdojgovppConor Brian Fitzpatrick 22 of Peekskill New York was resentenced today to three years in prison for his creation and operation of BreachForums a marketplace for cybercriminals to buy sellppThe Justice Department announced today coordinated actions against the BlackSuit Royal Ransomware group which included the takedown of four servers and nine domains on July 24ppThe US Attorneys Office for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the seizure of approximately 145 darknet and traditional internet domains and cryptocurrency funds associated with the BidenCash marketplaceppEastern District of VirginiaJustin W Williams United States Attorneys Building2100 Jamieson AveAlexandria VA 22314ppEmail USAOEDVAppAlexandria 7032993700ppStay ConnectedppppHave a question about Government Servicesp
