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Cybercrime activist Jacki Fitelzon sentenced to an 82-months prison time
The sentence was even a bit harder than we expected. On January 12, 2022, the verdict against the Israeli citizen Jacki Fitelzon was handed down in the court in Munich. The Israeli was one of the co-conspirators of Gal Barak, the so-called Wolf of Sofia. Fitelzon had pleaded guilty to the charges and has now been sentenced to 82 months in prison for commercial and gang fraud. It was also confiscated €760,000. The sentence is not yet final. Fitelzon asked to be transferred to a rehab facility, which the court ordered!
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Interview with EFRI principal – Decipering cybercrime and scams! Part II
This is the second part of the great interview with EFRI co-founder and principal Elfriede Sixt. She explains the background of the development of EFRI and FinTelegram. In addition, she describes the threats and defamations of cybercrime activists who try to destroy the reputation. The fight against cybercrime and scammers has become a life mission for Elfriede Sixt, as she explains.
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Interview with EFRI principal – First, they laughed, then they threatened, and finally, they got arrested!
The European Fund Recovery Initiative (EFRI) was founded in 2018 by the auditor and CPA Elfriede Sixt in a joint effort with FinTelegram and lawyers. EFRI represents more than 1,000 scam victims with around 60 million euros damages. Besides assisting victims, EFRI brought criminal charges through lawyers against scammers and their enablers and facilitators. EFRI is probably the most hated institution for the worldwide scammer and cybercrime scene. Elfriede Sixt talks about her experiences in the fight against cybercrime.
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Cybercrime war – Who is the real Wolf of Sofia?
In September 2020, an Austrian court sentenced Gal Barak, the Wolf of Sofia, to four years in prison for investment fraud and money laundering. He was recently released on parole and is currently staying in Israel, where he gave an interesting interview to Calcalist in August 2021. He spoke openly about the fraud and manipulation with his scam brands XtraderFX, OptionStarsGlobal, SafeMarkets, and Golden Markets. According to Barak, everyone in the organization was aware of the fraud.
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Analysis – More indictments against the E&G Bulgaria Mafia family
Maor Sioni has referred to Gal Barak's cybercrime organization E&G Bulgaria as his family. In proper mafia parlance. Sioni was one of the family's executives. Another executive, Tal-Jacki Fitelzon is currently standing trial in Munich, Germany. The indictment accuses him of being a ringleader of the cybercrime organization E&G Bulgaria, which allegedly defrauded tens of thousands of consumers worldwide out of more than €200 million with its scams. Jacki has already pleaded guilty to this charge as a ringleader of the Mafia family.
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Watch Out BaFin! Notorious high-risk payment processor Fibonatix goes Berlin!
This is perhaps not too good news for the German regulator. Fibonatix, founded by the Israeli Tal Miller, is a notorious high-risk payment processor. It has been facilitating dozens of broker scams. Fibonatix was also one of the payment processors of Gal Barak's cybercrime organization E&G Bulgaria. Barak confirmed that in addition to Payvision, Fibonatix was laundering stolen funds. Fibonatix, regulated as a payment institution by the FCA since 2018, announced the opening of an office in Berlin. It plans to serve the put a specific focus on the DACH region!
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Resurrection! Gal Barak’s cybercrime organization is back!
Gal Barak was the principal of the cybercrime organization E&G Bulgaria a/k/a E&G Finances, which operated numerous broker scams and boiler rooms. An Austrian court sentenced him in September 2020 to several years in prison and a restitution payment in the millions. The Bulgarian Dimitar Moralyiski a/k/a James Morro, a leading associate in one of the Bulgarian boiler rooms, was sentenced to 54-months of prison time. Recently, Barak was released on parole, and now E&G Finances is looking for employees. Specifically, Megi Velichkova has advertised the position of Sales Manager for E&G Finance on her LinkedIn profile.
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Fighting cybercrime – Next trial in the ‘Wolf of Sofia’ Case starts!
Israeli Gal Barak is a nice and funny guy in private. But yet his business is scams and online investment fraud. He was one of the cybercrime organization E&G Bulgaria principals and was sentenced to four years in prison by a court in September 2020. He was the Wolf of Sofia! Remarkably friendly sentencing given the alleged €200 million his victims' losses amounts to. His Israeli lieutenants Tal-Jacki "Jacki" Fitelzon and Kfir Levy, are currently in pre-trial detainment in Germany. The trial against "Jacki" will start on November 22, 2021, in Munich. Others will follow suit. Another update!
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Germany’s War against cybercrime – Gal Barak Deputy Kfir Levy arrested!
German authorities are known for their slow thoroughness. The culture of the Germans is to plan and build complex things and then run the machine effectively. It took a few years to get the machine running even in the fight against cybercrime and scammers. But now the war machine is running. They declared war on the Israeli cybercrime scene. Reportedly, Gal Barak's deputy Kfir Levy has now also been arrested in the Philippines. At the request of the German authorities.
