Financial Fraud: Dwayne C. Hans As Cyber Criminal Charging With Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud, And Money Laundering

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Cyber Criminal Charging With Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud, And Money Laundering

<h2>Cyber Criminal Charged In Scheme To Steal More Than &dollar;1&period;5 Million From A U&period;S&period; Financial Institution<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><strong>Defendant Allegedly Conducted Unauthorized Intrusion into a Government Website<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yesterday&comma; a complaint was unsealed charging Dwayne C&period; Hans&comma; a United States citizen&comma; with wire fraud&comma; computer fraud&comma; and money laundering&period;  According to the complaint&comma; between April 2016 and July 2016&comma; the defendant masterminded a series of frauds against a U&period;S&period; <a class&equals;"wpil&lowbar;keyword&lowbar;link" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fraudswatch&period;com&sol;tag&sol;financial-fraud&sol;" title&equals;"financial" data-wpil-keyword-link&equals;"linked" data-wpil-monitor-id&equals;"626">financial<&sol;a> institution in which he masqueraded as an authorized representative of that institution&period;  Using that ruse&comma; he transferred funds from the financial institution’s corporate bank accounts for his own use&period;  The defendant also accessed a website run by the U&period;S&period; General Services Administration without authorization and then redirected money intended for the financial institution to his own bank account&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defendant’s initial appearance was held yesterday before United States District Judge Thomas O&period; Rice at the U&period;S&period; Courthouse in Spokane&comma; Washington&period;  The court scheduled a detention hearing for Monday&comma; October 31&comma; to determine whether the defendant will be held in custody pending his removal to the Eastern District of New York for further proceedings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charges were announced by Robert L&period; Capers&comma; United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York&comma; and William F&period; Sweeney&comma; Jr&period;&comma; Assistant Director in Charge&comma; Federal Bureau of Investigation&comma; New York Field Office &lpar;FBI&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As alleged in the complaint&comma; the defendant stole &dollar;134&comma;000 from the financial institution and attempted to steal approximately &dollar;1&period;5 million more&period;  Posing as someone authorized to conduct financial transactions for the financial institution&comma; the defendant misappropriated money from corporate bank accounts to buy shares of stock in publicly traded companies&comma; invest in a real estate property in Brooklyn&comma; New York&comma; and benefit his family members&period;  He also conducted an unauthorized intrusion into the website SAM&period;gov&comma; which stores information about companies that provide services to the federal government&period;  During this unauthorized website intrusion&comma; the defendant changed information in entries pertaining to the financial institution&comma; including by replacing the bank account information for the financial institution with the defendant’s personal bank account information&period;  As a result&comma; the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation sent more than &dollar;1&period;5 million to the defendant instead of the financial institution&period;  These fraudulent wire transfers were reversed once they were detected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defendant was arrested in Richland&comma; Washington&comma; on October 26&comma; 2016&comma; pursuant to a criminal complaint issued in the Eastern District of New York&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cybercriminals scour the internet for information they can use to steal with impunity&comma;” stated United States Attorney Capers&period;  &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They threaten to undermine our confidence in the internet and in the cyber world&comma; on which we rely each and every day&period;  The arrest announced today sends all would be cyber criminals a message – we will find you&comma; and we will bring you to justice&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Criminals who exploit the internet to commit crimes think they can hide behind the virtual veil of a computer screen&period;  But just as today’s charges remind us that everyone is at risk of becoming a victim of cybercrime&comma; so too should the public be reminded that the FBI will continue to be a major force in confronting those who think they can evade the law&comma;” stated FBI Assistant Director in Charge Sweeney&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The charges in the complaint are allegations&comma; and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The government’s case is being handled by the Office’s National Security &amp&semi; Cybercrime Section&period;  Assistant United States Attorney David K&period; Kessler is in charge of the prosecution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><u>The Defendant<&sol;u><&sol;strong>&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DWAYNE C&period; HANS<br &sol;>&NewLine;Age&colon; 27<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>E&period;D&period;N&period;Y&period; Docket No&period; 16-MJ-951<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;justice&period;gov&sol;usao-edny&sol;pr&sol;cyber-criminal-charged-scheme-steal-more-15-million-us-financial-institution">Original PressReleases&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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