NYC : Six charged in the case of cybercrime StubHub

El tax district of Manhattan Cyrus Vance Jr. (2 ª R), speaks during a press conference at his office in downtown Manhattan, NY 23 July 2014. REUTERS / Brendan McDermid

Six people have been accused in relation to the cybercrime ring that allegedly cheated Stubhub from $ 1 million.

Charges, which were announced by the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Wednesday, include money laundering, theft, criminal possession of stolen property and identity theft.

The cybercrime ring uses a network of accomplices that span the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and Russia to transfer funds, according to arelease issued by Vance's office. Above 1.600 StubHub users and credit card holders were victims of the regime, said.

“The arrests and indictments today a global network of hackers are connected, Identity thieves and money launderers victimized countless people in New York and elsewhere”, Vance said in the statement.

StubHub, a subsidiary of eBay, found that more than 1.000 accounts were compromised by fraud a “Cuenta-Take-Over” March 2013. Preexisting card information associated with the accounts was used for the purchase of tickets and without the permission of the card holders. When Stubhub reported fraud and reinforced security, offenders canceled the new security measures that use the new credit card information stolen from victims additional, according to Vance's office.

The prosecutor's office in Manhattan, City of London Police, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Secret Service of the United States and the NYPD all participated in the investigation.

“This is an important research, targeted at cybercriminals believed to have defrauded of StubHub $ 1 million, by hacking their accounts' customers’ U.S. fraudulently buying and selling tickets, and then wash their criminal proceeds through bank accounts in the UK legitimate, “, said the City of London Police Commissioner Adrian Leppard in the news.

SOURCE: FOXNEWS.COM