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US asks London court to hand over two alleged hackers
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:33:42 +0000 (UTC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206614 By Sajid Iqbal Community affairs specialist BBC.com 11/04/2018The two men are accused of being members of a 36-strong group said to have been behind a dark web forum responsible for more than $530m (£409m) of losses to banks and individuals.
The Infraud Organisation is said to have sold stolen credit cards and IDs.Taimoor Zaman and Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu deny the allegations made against them.
The judge presiding over the hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court was told that both the defendants were senior members of Infraud, which had operated under the slogan "In fraud we trust."
The US government's lawyer said that Mr Zaman had been both the moderator and administrator of the forum. He was said to have used the nickname Scottish.
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