Multiple xDedic Market Users Convicted
The US Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that the investigations based on data acquired from the seizure of xDedic Marketplace in 2019, resulted in the arrest and prosecution of 19 individuals.
Of the 19 defendants, 17 have already been tried and convicted. The convicted defendants include two of the market's admins.
xDedic was a marketplace dedicated to the sale of hacked RDPs and stolen identities. International law enforcement agencies took down the marketplace and seized its servers in January 2019.
Investigations conducted following the market's seizure resulted in the identification and arrest of 19 individuals, including two of its administrators.
Pavlo Kharmanskyi, 32, of Ukraine, was reportedly in charge of the market's finances, marketing and customer support. He was arrested at the Miami International Airport in 2019. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison for access device fraud.
Alexandru Habasescu, 31, from Moldova, was xDedic's lead developer. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on March 14, 2022, and extradited to the US. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison for access device fraud.
One xDedic's largest vendors, Dariy Pankov, 29, of Russia, made over $350,000 from the sale of compromised computers. He was arrested in Georgia in 2022 and extradited to the United States. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device and computer fraud and sentenced to 60 months in federal prison.
One of the most prolific buyers on xDedic, Allen Levinson of Nigeria was arrested in the United Kingdom in 2020 and extradited to the US. He used the stolen information he purchased from the marketplace to request over $60 million in fraudulent tax refunds. He was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
The rest of the convicted users of the marketplace are:
Two suspected xDedic buyers, 42-year-old Olufemi Odedeyi and 41-year-old Oluwaseyi Shodipe, both from the UK, are awaiting extradition to the US. They were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. They each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
Of the 19 defendants, 17 have already been tried and convicted. The convicted defendants include two of the market's admins.
xDedic was a marketplace dedicated to the sale of hacked RDPs and stolen identities. International law enforcement agencies took down the marketplace and seized its servers in January 2019.
Investigations conducted following the market's seizure resulted in the identification and arrest of 19 individuals, including two of its administrators.
Pavlo Kharmanskyi, 32, of Ukraine, was reportedly in charge of the market's finances, marketing and customer support. He was arrested at the Miami International Airport in 2019. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison for access device fraud.
Alexandru Habasescu, 31, from Moldova, was xDedic's lead developer. He was arrested by Spanish authorities on March 14, 2022, and extradited to the US. He was sentenced to 41 months in prison for access device fraud.
One xDedic's largest vendors, Dariy Pankov, 29, of Russia, made over $350,000 from the sale of compromised computers. He was arrested in Georgia in 2022 and extradited to the United States. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device and computer fraud and sentenced to 60 months in federal prison.
One of the most prolific buyers on xDedic, Allen Levinson of Nigeria was arrested in the United Kingdom in 2020 and extradited to the US. He used the stolen information he purchased from the marketplace to request over $60 million in fraudulent tax refunds. He was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
The rest of the convicted users of the marketplace are:
- T’Andre McNeely and Michael Carr, both from California, were convicted of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and sentenced to 78 months in federal prison.
- Glib Ivanov-Tolpintsev, 29, of Ukraine was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device and computer fraud and sentenced to to 48 months in federal prison.
- Adedotun Adejumo 45, from Oklahoma, was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and sentenced to 33 months in federal prison.
- Joshua Spencer, 29, of New York was convicted of conspiracy to commit access device fraud and sentenced to to 28 months in federal prison.
- Ibrahim Jinadu, 36, of Georgia was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
- Brandon Williams, 34, of California was convicted of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and sentenced to 12 months in federal prison.
- Harold McKinzie, 29, of Illinois was convicted of wire fraud and sentenced to a probation term of five years.
- Bamidele Omotosho, 42, of Nigeria; Olayemi Adafin, 38, of UK; Olakunle Oyebanjo, 29, of UK; Akinola Taylor, 38, of UK and Oluwarotimi Ogunlana, 29, of Texas, were all convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and are awaiting sentencing.
Two suspected xDedic buyers, 42-year-old Olufemi Odedeyi and 41-year-old Oluwaseyi Shodipe, both from the UK, are awaiting extradition to the US. They were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. They each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
