The US government claims it has dismantled yet another popular cybercrime service after releasing four indictments purported to be Russian-operated.
Try2Check has played a key role in the online fraud supply chain. Cyber criminals bought stolen cards on her underground site to test how many were still valid and to see if they could be used for fraud.
According to the Federal Attorney’s Office, the site has processed at least tens of millions of cards each year since its inception in 2005, supporting carding shops like the infamous Joker’s Stash, which makes hundreds of millions of dollars a year. was doing.
For more information on Underground Card Sites, see Underground Card Sites Compromised and Hackers Hacking.
At some point the site processed even more cards. The notice claims that in the nine months of 2018, it performed at least 16 million checks, and in the 13 months from September 2021, the site performed at least 17 million checks.
The Try2Check website has now been taken offline, and the State Department has issued a $10 million bounty for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of running the platform.
Denis Gennadievich Kulkov (a.k.a. “Kreenjo”, “Nordex”, “Nordexin”) from Russia has been accused of access device fraud, computer break-in, and money laundering in connection with Try2Check. If found and convicted, he could face a stretch of 20 years behind bars.
Over the years, Kurkov is said to have made at least $18 million in Bitcoin, an unknown amount via other digital currencies used to buy Ferraris and other luxury items.
However, given the current geopolitics, it is unlikely that a resident of the southwestern city of Samara will be arrested, assuming he remains in Russia.
“Today is a bad day for the criminals who trusted the defendant’s platform as the gold standard to see if the credit cards they stole from hard-working individuals in the Eastern District of New York and around the world were worth it.” says Breon Peace. US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
“Today’s indictment and global takedown of the Try2Check website shows that the Office works with partners to thwart cybercriminal activity wherever it is based.”
