TIRANA, Feb. 13 – Albanian authorities arrested Aldo Ymeraj this week — a 25 year old man from Fier who was known online as “the Cuban” and who allegedly belonged to an international cyber crime organization accused by U.S. authorities of costing victims more than half a billion dollars.
Ymeraj was arrested in Tirana on an international warrant issued by the US.
Local media reported Ymeraj first caught Albanian authorities’ attention as part of the Albania Hackers Group (AHG), which attacked the servers of several state institutions and private businesses.
However, Ymeraj’s illegal online activity continued after the AHG was disassembled, and he later became part of the cyber group “in fraud we trust” .
An Ukranian man still on the loose is suspected to have founded the group, which has been allegedly operating since 2010.
Though local media reports Ymeraj has given no information while waiting for his extradition to the US, the group’s strategy was selling stolen credit cards’ information and bank accounts online.
Ymeraj currently belonging among 36 people being sought by authorities, the US Department of Justice suspects that “in fraud we trust” has a membership of approximately 10,900 people worldwide.
