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The policeman turned out to be a client of the largest carding market.
A federal jury has indicted Buffalo, New York, police detective Terrence Michael Cishek for cybercrimes.
The 34-year-old law enforcement officer faces up to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing credit card data and making false statements to federal investigators. The maximum fine for illegal use of data is $250,000.
According to the investigation, during the four months of 2020, Chishek, under the pseudonym "DrMonster", purchased 11 data packages containing 194 stolen accounts on the Genesis Market platform.
Genesis Market, launched in late 2017, specialized in selling username and password combinations, as well as user device configuration data, including browser cookies and system information. According to researchers at ReliaQuest, the platform's operators claimed that the collected data made it possible to bypass fraud protection systems in 283 large banks and payment systems. The platform provided carders with the ability to bypass security systems, including multi-factor authentication, using a special browser plugin.
Investigators have established a connection between Cishek and a bitcoin wallet on the CashApp platform, which was used to buy stolen data on the UniCC darknet site. On March 16, 2020, the CashApp account registered with the detective's driver's license was accessed from the same IP address as the DrMonster account on the Genesis Market. Three days later, the funds from the CashApp account appeared in the DrMonster account in Genesis.
During the investigation, a video was found in which the detective explains the methods of anonymization when buying stolen credit cards and using UniCC. When questioned in April 2023, Cishek denied involvement in the purchase of stolen data, trying to shift the blame to his nephew.
After the first court hearing on May 2, 2023, the Buffalo Police Department suspended the detective from pay. The court ordered the suspect to participate in a computer activity monitoring program overseen by the U.S. Probation Service.
Genesis Market was the largest marketplace of its kind, providing access to the data of more than 1.5 million compromised computers and over 80 million accounts. In April 2023, as a result of the international operation "Cookie Monster" involving law enforcement agencies in 17 countries, the platform was shut down and more than 170 alleged users were arrested.
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A federal jury has indicted Buffalo, New York, police detective Terrence Michael Cishek for cybercrimes.
The 34-year-old law enforcement officer faces up to 10 years in prison for illegally possessing credit card data and making false statements to federal investigators. The maximum fine for illegal use of data is $250,000.
According to the investigation, during the four months of 2020, Chishek, under the pseudonym "DrMonster", purchased 11 data packages containing 194 stolen accounts on the Genesis Market platform.
Genesis Market, launched in late 2017, specialized in selling username and password combinations, as well as user device configuration data, including browser cookies and system information. According to researchers at ReliaQuest, the platform's operators claimed that the collected data made it possible to bypass fraud protection systems in 283 large banks and payment systems. The platform provided carders with the ability to bypass security systems, including multi-factor authentication, using a special browser plugin.
Investigators have established a connection between Cishek and a bitcoin wallet on the CashApp platform, which was used to buy stolen data on the UniCC darknet site. On March 16, 2020, the CashApp account registered with the detective's driver's license was accessed from the same IP address as the DrMonster account on the Genesis Market. Three days later, the funds from the CashApp account appeared in the DrMonster account in Genesis.
During the investigation, a video was found in which the detective explains the methods of anonymization when buying stolen credit cards and using UniCC. When questioned in April 2023, Cishek denied involvement in the purchase of stolen data, trying to shift the blame to his nephew.
After the first court hearing on May 2, 2023, the Buffalo Police Department suspended the detective from pay. The court ordered the suspect to participate in a computer activity monitoring program overseen by the U.S. Probation Service.
Genesis Market was the largest marketplace of its kind, providing access to the data of more than 1.5 million compromised computers and over 80 million accounts. In April 2023, as a result of the international operation "Cookie Monster" involving law enforcement agencies in 17 countries, the platform was shut down and more than 170 alleged users were arrested.
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