Tag: Vienny Cybercrime Trials

The European Funds Recovery Initiative (EFRI) has sent a letter of formal notice to the ING subsidiary Payvision and asked for restitution payments for the victims of scams of the German Uwe Lenhoff, who died in prison while waiting for his indictment. Ther German prosecutors charged Lenhoff with operating a cybercrime organization, investment fraud, and money laundering. Lenhoff was a close business partner of Payvision and an acquaintance of its founder and then CEO Rudolf Booker.

Georgian-born Israeli Gery Shalon is the son of former Georgian MP and entrepreneur Shota Shalelashvili and the alleged mastermind in the largest financial hack in U.S. history (read DoJ press release). He was arrested in Israel in July 2015 and extradited to the U.S. There he stands in a kind of house arrest, waits for his trial, and is said to help U.S. authorities in their fight against Russia in a bid for leniency.