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A Scammer Pleaded Guilty of Fleecing Facebook of $98 Million, Google of $23 Million

He and co-conspirators posed as employees of Quanta Computer, established fake bank accounts

High Angle View Of Judge Gavel And Handcuffs On Wooden Desk — Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraudartisteer/iStock

A Lithuanian man posing as an employee of Taiwanese notebook computer and electronics manufacturer Quanta Computer pleaded guilty last week to being part of a scheme that fraudulently secured payments of some $23 million from Google in 2013 and about $98 million from Facebook in 2015, Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg reported.

Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge George Daniels, and he will forfeit $49.7 million, Dolmetsch reported.

Rimasauskas’ sentencing is scheduled for July 24, and he faces up to 30 years behind bars, Dolmetsch reported.