Bank and Credit Card Fraud

Kenneth Flury was charged with bank fraud and conspiracy. He was  a member of a large credit-card fraud ring that was known “Shadowcrew” as It`s nickname, it included over 4,000 members. Kenneth was one of the Shadowcrew leaders.he attempted to defraud Citibank by obtaining stolen debit card accounts, PINs and other personal identifier information from account holders.
He used other individuals to get the Citibank information for him. When he obtained the data, he used it to get cash advances.
He could steal over $384,000 by this way, But $167,000 of it was then transferred to pay off the individuals who sent him the information.

This was a huge cybercrime case that the US Secret Service got involved in 2004. It was part of the “Operation Firewall” investigation.
Result:
In 2006, Kenneth Flury was convicted 32 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release. He also must pay $300,000 in restitution to Citibank.
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