Cyber-Criminals Sentenced at Snaresbrook

28 January 2025

Sam Willis prosecuted three cyber-criminals for building and running a website used by fraudsters to circumvent bank security checks.

Investigated by the National Crime Agency, the website, called OTP.Agency, was a tool designed to be used by fraudsters to convince their victims to hand over the one-time-passcodes sent by banks when accessing online banking or when making purchases.

Logs and messages recovered during the investigation indicated that the website had been used by over 3,000 fraudsters to make over 66,000 calls to potential victims between March and October of 2021.

All three defendants were sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court this week.

Sam was instructed by CPS SEOCID.

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/website-operators-who-promised-fraudsters-instant-profit-if-they-subscribed-to-illegal-service-are-sentenced

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1w728ypzqxo.amp

https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2024/09/03/10-million-2fa-bypass-hackers-promised-profit-in-minutes-on-telegram/

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366618400/Three-sentenced-over-OTPAgency-MFA-fraud-service

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/owners-of-1-time-passcode-theft-service-plead-guilty/

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/pictured-essex-website-runner-among-141506085.html?

 

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