News Release November 7, 2007 Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau announced today the indictment of seventeen individuals and one corporation on charges related to global trafficking in stolen credit card numbers, cybercrime, and identity theft. Three defendants will be arraigned today. The three defendants to be arraigned today are VADIM VASSILENKO, YELENA BARYSHEVA and JOHN WASHINGTON.

This indictment marks the second major phase in a joint two-year investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Identity Theft Unit and the United States Secret Service. The 173-count indictment charges that from 2001 through 2007, the defendants participated in a multi-national, internet-based criminal enterprise — the “Western Express Cybercrime Group” – dedicated to trafficking in stolen credit card numbers and other personal identifiers.

Forward from the Russian point of view.

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My name is Vadim Vassilenko.

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