1. Unlimited Cash-out Operations
CASE STUDY
Unlimited Cash-out Operations
4/4/2019

2. Organizational Structure
Responsible for targeting, planning, funding, & executing operations. Hackers & Patrons…
3-5 % COMMAND
The Operations & Business Unit of the Organization. Highly Trusted group in direct Comms with the command.
10-12% CONTROL
25% FRONT LINE
MANAGEMENT
Recruit & Run One or more cashing crews. Usually local & directly involved in cashing.
60% CASHERS,
RUNNERS & DROPS
Conduct physical cashouts, launder funds, assist in moving proceeds to management
United States Secret Service
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3. Fraudulent ATM Transactions
Case Study
Fraudulent ATM Transactions
$13.5 Million in losses over a single weekend
Russia
$1.63 Million
Canada
$1.78 Million
Great Britain
$1.05 Million
Ukraine
$1.53 Million
Las Vegas, NV
$1.67 Million
France
$195,000
Romania
$1.08 Million
Atlanta, GA
$328,
Pakistan
$391,000.00
Cyprus
$504,000.00
Egypt
$633,000.00
Mexico
$563,000.00
Columbia
$100,000
Earlier I said iWire and the operations that followed were the biggest of their kind.
I was wrong
Again, the USSS is the agency responding to the largest intrusions of it’s kind worldwide. You don’t see any other law enforcement handling large investigations of this kind.
We get called to investigate these case and we are successful because as an agency leverage the full might of our capabilities when we investigate them.
Real time observation by USSS, real time notification to the victim.
The cash out operation ran for 3 days. The US Secret service took immediate efforts to identify the victim and to conduct triage.
- More than 15,000 transactions in less than 48 HOURS.
- TRANSACTIONS IN 18 COUNTRIES & 5 STATES (Total of 140 Cities)
- UTILIZED 21 COMPROMISED PREPAID CARDS ASSIGNED TO LARGE NON-PROFIT
- Attack targeted Linux, Unix & Windows devices…More than 500 systems on the victims network affected
- More than a dozen compromised attack servers utilized across the world – each server had 3+ months of pre- attack surveillance

4. Unlimited OPS – Transnational Investigation
CASE STUDY
Unlimited OPS – Transnational Investigation 4

5. Unlimited OPS – Ongoing Investigation
CASE STUDY
Unlimited OPS – Ongoing Investigation 5

6. CASE STUDY Potential Fraud Loss: $ 2,000,000,000
Actual Fraud Loss: $ 50,000,000 (approximate)
33 Subjects Arrested; More at Large
$750,000 seized in the United States
Extensive cooperation with both Domestic/International Law Enforcement and Private Sector Partners. 6