Department of Justice Indicts 8 People in Massive Digital Ad-Fraud Scheme

WhiteOps and Google helped DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted six Russian nationals and two people from Kazakhstan who were allegedly involved in a digital advertising fraud scheme worth more than $30 million.

The 13-count indictment, which was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn, is a part of a multiyear investigation into two international cybercriminal rings that has now led to charges of wire fraud, computer intrusion, aggravated identify theft and money laundering. So far, three of people have been arrested, while others remain at large, according to the DOJ.

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