The US government announced Wednesday that it is offering rewards of up to ten million dollars for any information leading to the arrest of a suspected Russian cybercriminal at the head of international traffic for tens of millions of stolen credit cards.
The Brooklyn, New York, federal prosecutor’s office has charged Denis Gennadievich Kolkov with computer fraud and money laundering, according to a statement from the Secret Service, the US Personal Protection Agency, which worked in coordination with US ministries. Foreign Affairs, Justice and Home Affairs.
Dennis Kulkov, 43, is accused of creating in 2005 a computer platform, Try2Check, allowing cybercriminals to validate “ten million bank card numbers” that are stolen each year.
This is “the largest monetary reward ever offered in the name of the Secret Service,” the press release said, specifying that Washington had teamed up with Berlin and Vienna to neutralize the Try2Check platform sites.
Its creator, who lives in Russia, allegedly made about $18 million in ill-gotten profits paid in bitcoins, with which he acquired a Ferrari and other luxury items, according to the Brooklyn federal prosecutor’s office.
Denis Kolkov theoretically faces up to 20 years in prison in the United States, a country whose relations with Russia are at their worst, especially since the start of the war in Ukraine.
