Adebayo Adenrele
Four Nigerians have been apprehended in the United Kingdom and Sweden for allegedly committing cyber fraud and theft of public money in the United States.
In a press release by the US Department of Justice, each defendant risks at least a 20-year imprisonment if found guilty.
The statement reads, “One of the places that Taylor and Runsewe had obtained unauthorized access to computer servers was the xDedic Marketplace, a website that operated for years and was used to sell access to compromised computers worldwide and personally identifiable information of U.S. residents.
“The xDedic administrators strategically maintained servers all over the world to facilitate the operation of the website.
“The xDedic Marketplace was taken down as part of coordinated, global enforcement operations led by the FBI (Tampa Division) the IRS-CI (Tampa Field Office) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.”
