Two Connecticut men were indicted for allegedly using stolen personally identifying information from about 3,000 victims to create thousands of fraudulent accounts on gambling sites and steal roughly $3 million through promotional bonuses. Authorities say they purchased PII from darknet markets and Telegram, used services like TruthFinder and BeenVerified to pass verification, converted winnings to virtual stored-value cards, and face multiple federal charges including wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. #FanDuel #AmitojKapoor
Keypoints
- Two Glastonbury residents, Amitoj Kapoor and Siddharth Lillaney, were arrested following a 45-count federal indictment.
- They allegedly used the stolen identities of about 3,000 victims to create thousands of fraudulent gambling accounts.
- Authorities say they purchased PII on darknet markets and Telegram and ran the operation with multiple accomplices.
- Investigators allege they used services like TruthFinder and BeenVerified and kept victim data in a “Tracker.xlsx” spreadsheet.
- The indictment charges them with wire fraud, identity fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering with lengthy potential prison terms.