The FBI has filed charges against a Russian who allegedly ran a criminal marketplace

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The US Department of Justice has charged 23-year-old Russian citizen Igor Dekhtyarchuk and added him to the FBI's list of most wanted cybercriminals.

US authorities believe that Dekhtyarchuk ran a large marketplace after the fall, where bank cards, access to compromised devices and accounts, as well as personal data were traded. Although the name of the marketplace is not disclosed, and in the documents it appears as "marketplace A"with an attendance of about 5,000 people a day, it is reported that the suspect acted under the nickname Floraby on the network.

The indictment states that back in May 2018, Dekhtyarchuk launched an unnamed marketplace, but in April 2018 actively promoted his future project on Russian-language hacker forums.

"Dekhtyarchuk started advertising the sale of compromised accounts on Russian-language hacker forums in April 2018 and opened the trading platform A in May 2018. Dekhtyarchuk immediately began advertising the trading platform A and the products it sold. As of May 2021, Dekhtyarchuk publicly announced that he had sold more than 48,000 compromised email accounts, 25,000 compromised Company B accounts, and 19,000 compromised Company A accounts through Marketplace A," according to the US Department of Justice.

When customers purchased access to a device on the marketplace, Dekhtyarchuk or one of his associates allegedly contacted them via Telegram and sent them login credentials or cookies.

Dekhtyarchuk is charged with fraud with the use of electronic means of communication, fraud with access devices and identity theft under aggravating circumstances. In the US, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

According to investigators, the suspect previously studied at the Ural State University in Yekaterinburg, and his last known place of residence is the city of Kamensk-Uralsky.

Journalists of the Bleeping Computer publication write that using the KELA DARKBEAST service, they managed to find a person with the nickname Floraby on the network who advertised the BAYACC trading platform that sells compromised credentials. Although the site appears to be down, the archives show that BAYACC sold accounts of various companies, including eBay, Amazon, SamsClub, and PayPal, at prices indicated in Russian rubles.



The head of Advanced Intel, Vitaly Kremez, also confirmed to the publication that the person known as Floraby was engaged in brute force and was the main supplier of the BAYACC trading platform.

"The person used compromised data from various e-commerce sites to hack accounts in large retail stores and sell them online to various carders and scammers. His BAYACC store notably competed with major marketplaces like SlilPP for criminal market share, offering daily free updates to compromised accounts," says Kremez.