The so-called Romanian mafia, mainly dedicated to the cloning of bank cards, has dozens of its members, key collaborators of the band led by Florian Tudor the Shark, Signed by the US authorities.
Among the operators of this band in Mexico who have already been arrested there are about 20 defendants in United States, among them the other Florian: Florian Claudiu Martin, whom the Romanian media refer to as “brother of the Shark“, And who was arrested in Los Cabos, Baja California, on October 10, 2019. He is currently being held in New York.
In Mexican government intelligence documents held by MILLENNIUM, Florian Claudiu Martin, is included among the family ties of the Shark like his brother.
He was arrested along with seven other people in Mexico, One in Italy, and 14 in the United States, as part of a U.S. Department of Justice operation against a transnational organization dedicated to cloning bank cards. In Los Cabos, the Mexican authorities 25 electronic devices were confiscated from him.
(…)(…)He is currently negotiating with the New York prosecutor’s office to cooperate with information in exchange for benefits in his criminal proceedings. On February 5 he had a remote hearing, but agreed to postpone it for a month to delve into the negotiations and access new evidence that was said to be against him.
According to U.S. court documents reviewed by MILLENNIUM, between 2014 and September 2019 Florian Claudiu Martin conspired with at least twenty people for commit fraud with electronic access devices, By placing “skimmers” at U.S. ATMs to clone cards. He is also accused of identity theft, money laundering and bank fraud, especially through the transnational organization he led, and which in total, would have generated losses of $ 20 million, Affecting about 30 thousand people in 50 banking institutions.
In the United States, he operated in New York and 17 other states, including Connecticut, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Florida and Pennsylvania. His criminal actions included: the import, export and installation of “skimmers”, removing or washing through bank accounts, property, business and cash traffic.
The file reveals that Florian Claudiu Martin directed the “skimmings” and money laundering from Mexico. Mircea Constantinescu, second in command, was in charge of sending and receiving “skimming” devices. It was discovered, for example, that in 2018 sent a point of sale terminal to clone bank cards from Pennsylvania in Veracruz. Both were arrested the same day, only Constantinescu was arrested in Miami, Florida.
both the FBI in the United States, like the Mexican security authorities, they have also initiated lawsuits against the hackers most important that allowed the so-called Romanian mafia to steal millions of pesos in a few hours and operate remotely and discreetly, such as Aníbal Alexander Caneló Aguirre whom the FBI points to as being in charge of “developing the malicious software which allows remote access to ATMs during the hackingHe is identified as the founder of the hackers “Linux Users of Venezuela”, which he created in 1999 together with the group of Venezuelans Alejandro Borrego Grateral, Alexandra de la Valle Quintero Bazán, Àngel Emiro Chacín Fuenmayor and Àngel Evaristo Quiñones Laffont.
Hannibal was arrested and prosecuted in December 2015 for crimes against the public faith and the use of scholars in Mexico City.
As part of this group of hackers Venezuelans also include Elou Yoel Moreno González, José Alejandro Ossera Echegaray and Isaac Rafael Jorge Romero who were arrested in the United States in November 2017.
The intelligence document of the Mexican government security cabinet, reviewed by MILLENNIUM, Notes that these alleged criminals were linked by the FBI “because in video footage they appeared using phone and mini keyboard to manipulate ATMs.” Some members (from the band of hackers) They resided in the United States, and at the beginning of the arrests they moved to Mexico to continue operating.
As is the case with Aslhy Javier Galeano Basurto who, according to the FBI, fled the United States along with Wester Eduardo Duagrte.
Another of the noted is Sandu Ioan Laurientiu, Carabuela, Who was a year imprisoned in Las Vegas, Nevada, charged with cloning bank cards and stealing data. After his release he returned to Mexico with the Romanian gang and was again confiscated in December 2019, but this time for alleged attempted murder.
Along with him operated Zoltan Daniel Piculeata, also accused of attempted murder, and Aurelian Marcu, reported for information theft and cloning of bank cards through ATMs in Quintana Rosego.
The intelligence report of the national security cabinet highlights that another of the key operators of Florian Tudor arrested in the United States is Pau Maurici Amezcua Dorador whom “the DEA identified as the Cancun – Romania connection of illicit trafficking in substances and trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitationHe was arrested in August 2019 in Miami for confiscating thousands of dollars and heroin.
His links with the Romanian mafia occurred when he was director of auditing in the municipality of Benito Juárez, when the Superior Audit of the state of Quintana Roo investigated him “for inconsistencies in the fiscal year of the public account 2009, since presumably personnel in his charge leaked data from Cancun businessmen “to the Romanian mafia.
The report indicates that Amezcua “confessed to Panama that he was engaged in money laundering with investment in real estate developments.”
With all this network of hackers and operators deployed in Mexico and the United States, authorities tracked down Romanian mafia ties as they began operating from other countries where they feel more secure.
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