ACC 427 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three- Similar Cases

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1 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Similar Cases Harriet Creyer 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Similar Cases Southern New Hampshire University ACC 427 Investigating with Computers
2 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Similar Cases CASE 1 For my first case I have chosen ‘Nigerian Man Sentenced for Online Fraud Schemes’. Happy Chukwuma committed his Phishing Schemes between November 2015 and January 2019, he was arrested in the UK on September 2022 and was extradited to the US in March 2023. During his Phishing schemes he mimicked the appearance on legit websites to obtain his victims information including “including usernames, passwords, financial account information, social security numbers and other types of personal identifiable information.” ( Nigerian man sentenced for online fraud schemes  2023). This case is similar to my original approved case as there was a phishing scheme that resulted in victims losing their personal information including the log in information. It also shows another cyber-criminal able to undertake this crime whilst being in another country and the extradition process was used. It
3 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Similar Cases is not clear from this article how much money Chukwuma was able to obtain and frequently take from his victims. ( Nigerian man sentenced for online fraud schemes  2023) CASE 2 For my second case I have chosen ‘Russian Malware Developer Arrested and Extradited to The United States.’ Dariy Pankov also known as ‘dpxaker’ was detained in the Republic of Georgia in October 2022 and was extradited to the United States in February 2023. He developed a “malicious software program ‘NLBrute’… he obtains the login credentials of tens of thousands of computers located all over the world. He marketed, sold, and had others sell on his behalf, NLBrute to other cybercriminals for a fee..” ( Russian malware developer arrested and extradited to the United States  2023). During this cyber- crime spree, he manages to obtain more than $350,000 in fraudulent proceeds. This case is similar to my original approved case as there was a hacking software program that resulted in victims losing their personal
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4 7-1 Final Project Milestone Three: Similar Cases information and their funds. It also shows another cyber-criminal able to undertake this crime whilst being in another country and the extradition process was used. ( Russian malware developer arrested and extradited to the United States  2023). References Nigerian man sentenced for online fraud schemes . District of Massachusetts | Nigerian Man Sentenced for Online Fraud Schemes | United States Department of Justice. (2023, May 8). https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nigerian-man-sentenced-online-fraud-schemes  Russian malware developer arrested and extradited to the United States . Middle District of Florida | Russian Malware Developer Arrested And Extradited To The United States | United States Department of Justice. (2023, February 22). https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/russian-malware-developer-arrested-and- extradited-united-states 
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