Alleged Counterfeiter “Willy Clock” Arrested
Summary: U.S. authorities announced the arrest of 27-year-old Ryan Andrew Gustafson, a Texas citizen living in Kampala, Uganda, who allegedly ran an international counterfeit currency operation under the aliases "Willy Clock" and "Jack Farrel". Ugandan authorities seized some $1.8 million in fake currency, and the operation is suspected of passing approximately $270,000 in counterfeit U.S. bills in Uganda, sold through the Tor Carding Forum and later advertised on regular cybercrime forums and Reddit.
Key Takeaway: The Secret Service traced the operation from counterfeit notes passed at Pittsburgh-area retailers in December 2013 to a fingerprint on a document inside a package shipped from Kampala, and tied Gustafson to his aliases because the email on his passport application matched the one on his "Jack Farrel" Facebook account.
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