FBI arrest alleged US accomplice of northern beaches Netflix bootlegger
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The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested the alleged American accomplice of a Sydney man over a scheme that provided tens of thousands of people with cheap access to Netflix and other streaming services using vast troves of stolen login details.
Samuel Joyner, 30, from Beaverton in Oregon, has been indicted for his alleged role in the conspiracy alongside Evan McMahon, 23, of Dee Why on Sydneyâs northern beaches. McMahon pleaded guilty and was sentenced in April to serve two years and two months on an intensive corrections order.
(Photo : Pixabay/Tumisu ) Netflix scam and phishing
The US Feds arrested two Oregon men who were accused of stealing and reselling customer s credentials from Netflix and other streaming services. The US Attorney s office announced that the men have now been indicted on fraud charges.
Men Steals Streaming Service Credentials
According to the indictment, Evan McMahon and Samuel Joyner stole and sold more than 200,000 user account credentials from popular streaming services including Netflix, Spotify Premium, and HBO Max. This was a part of the online service operation named AccountBot.
Users of the AccountBot side paid a subscription fee to get the credentials of other users who paid for the streaming services, according to The Verge.
May 14th 2021 4:57 pm
A Portland, Oregon, federal grand jury has charged a man for a scheme to steal and resell customer account details for streaming services including Netflix, Spotify Premium, and HBO Max.
The indictment names Samuel Joyner and an accomplice, Evan McMahon of Sydney, Australia. It alleges that they operated an online service called “AccountBot,” through which users could pay a low fee to access stolen streaming service accounts.
The allegations are a particularly bold example of a hacking risk that costs streaming services billions each year.
AccountBot Sold Accounts as Low as $1.79
The indictment states that the AccountBot site claimed to have access to over 217,000 unique customer account credentials and to have served over 52,000 customers.
Beaverton man indicted in streaming service fraud scheme
Charged for his role in a scheme to steal and resell customer account credentials for popular internet streaming services including Netflix, HBO Max, and Spotify Premium.
Posted: May 12, 2021 4:27 PM
Updated: May 12, 2021 4:28 PM
Posted By: Daniel Ramirez
PORTLAND, Ore. A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Samuel Joyner, a Beaverton man, with conspiracy to commit computer and access device fraud, trafficking and use of unauthorized access devices, and possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices.
“This investigation spanned across the Pacific to our shores in Australia, showing that while crimes may be borderless, our law enforcement response is united across countries. Following a referral of information from our FBI law enforcement partners, the Australian Federal Police arrested, charged, and secured a conviction against a Sydney man, and we also seized more than a million dollar
Man indicted in streaming service fraud scheme
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PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) A Beaverton man was indicted for his part in a scheme to steal and resell customer account details for popular streaming services, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office-District of Oregon.
According to the indictment, between February 2018 to March 2019, Samuel Joyner, 30, and Evan McMahon, 23, of Sydney, Australia, created and operated an online service called AccountBot. The service offered paid subscription service for customers to get account credentials to access popular internet streaming services at a reduced rate.
Joyner and McMahon illegally acquired the usernames and passwords by doing credential stuffing attacks, a computer hacking technique to obtain large sets of account credentials from large data breaches, according to a press release. AccountBot customers paid between $1.79 to $24.99 in fiat or cryptocurrency.