Egor Shevelev, a Ukrainian citizen was arrested in Greece and extradited to New York State for multiple counts of fraud and cybercrime. Shevelev allegedly played a role in a global identity theft scheme and global trafficking of stolen credit card account numbers.
Between 2001 and 2007, Shevelev and co-conspirators Viatcheslav Vasilyev, Vladimir Kramarenko, Dzmitry Burak and Oleg Kovelin ran a global Internet-based criminal enterprise called “Western Express Cybercrime Group”. Cybercrime Group was mainly trafficking stolen credit card numbers and personal account numbers. Shevelev alone possessed 75,000 stolen credit card accounts and over $2,500,000 of fraudulent proceeds.
Shevelev’s roles were to purportedly vendor the stolen identities and manage the money received through Egold digital currency.
If convicted, Shevelev faces a maximum penalty of more than 50 years in prison.
