Authorities Nab More ZeuS-Related Money Mules
Summary: Authorities in the United States and Moldova apprehended at least eight people alleged to have laundered cash for an international cyber crime gang that stole more than $70 million from small to mid-sized organizations. Two 21-year-old men from Moldova were arrested in Wisconsin on J1 student visas and charged in New York on Sept. 30, while Moldova's CCECC detained six suspected bank employees who allegedly intercepted Western Union and MoneyGram payments sent by mules.
Bottom line: Moldovan prosecutors are looking at 12 suspects, including a government official accused of supplying ID cards to open bank accounts, and 11 of the 37 money mules charged in September remain at large - the arrests reach the cash-out layer, not the people running the ZeuS operation.
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