A Lithuanian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to defraud Facebook and Google out of more than $100 million.
The scheme is an example of "business email compromise," in which fraudsters ask for money using emails targeted at companies that work with foreign suppliers.Mindaugas Kulbis / AP fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A Lithuanian man on Wednesday pleaded guilty to U.S. charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to defraud Facebook and Google out of more than $100 million, federal prosecutors announced.
Rimasauskas also agreed to forfeit about $49.7 million he personally obtained from the scheme, according to a court filing. Rimasauskas, originally from the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, was extradited to the United States from Lithuania in August 2017. The prosecutors did not name the companies, but Taiwan-based Quanta Computer Inc confirmed after Rimasauskas' arrest that it was the Asian vendor, and a Lithuanian court order in 2017 identified Google and Facebook as the victims.
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