#275276 by TerranceBoyce
Wed Nov 18, 2015 2:09 pm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/18/rohit_jawa_ebay_paypal_special_agent_oops/
18 Nov 2015
eBay scammer steals identity of special agent investigating him
He might get 20 years to boast about that one
A cybercriminal who ran a mere eBay scam became a more significant collar for the US Department of Justice after he successfully stole the identity of the special agent investigating him.
Rohit Jawa, 25, has pleaded guilty to eight counts of wire fraud, and one count of stealing a special agent's identity which he then used to fraudulently gain access to privileged law enforcement databases – from which he stole the personal identifying information of multiple victims.
According to court documents, Jawa's mischief began in January 2013. He controlled "a set of at least 19 eBay and 18 PayPal accounts ... engaged in a scheme to defraud eBay buyers and eBay's third-party parcel insurance company".
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