WIred reports that two Russian Immigrants have been charged with computer, mail and wire fraud for a brokering scam that involved hacking into a DOT web site.
For more than three years, Nicholas Lakes and Viachelav Berkovich are said to have repeatedly hacked www.Safersys.org, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's system that maintains a list of licensed interstate trucking companies and brokers. They would temporarily change the contact information for a legitimate trucking company to their own, then advertise cargo on Web-based load boards. There, the two would reportedly broker the load out to an owner-operator or other trucking company.
Once the cargo was delivered, the men pocketed the funds; the trucker who actually transported the load was left empty-handed, according to the charges, and would find that the company they thought they had contracted with didn't know a thing about it.
The men allegedly pulled in nearly $500,000 in the scheme, according to the WIred report.
For more than three years, Nicholas Lakes and Viachelav Berkovich are said to have repeatedly hacked www.Safersys.org, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's system that maintains a list of licensed interstate trucking companies and brokers. They would temporarily change the contact information for a legitimate trucking company to their own, then advertise cargo on Web-based load boards. There, the two would reportedly broker the load out to an owner-operator or other trucking company.
Once the cargo was delivered, the men pocketed the funds; the trucker who actually transported the load was left empty-handed, according to the charges, and would find that the company they thought they had contracted with didn't know a thing about it.
The men allegedly pulled in nearly $500,000 in the scheme, according to the WIred report.
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