Phone Scammer Faces 20 Years
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 04/10/2017 02:32 PM
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A 32-year-old man, Hani Kabbara, aka “The Mayor,” was arraigned in a New York court where he pleaded guilty to wire fraud.
Kabbara, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, convinced victims, especially the elderly, into sending him money with an age old scam. He convinced the victims to send the money to help their grandchild get bailed out of jail.
Kabbara's scam operated using encrypted chats and phony online identities between February 2014 and August 2016. Kabbara would request MoneyPaks which are vouchers that can be loaded with cash and turned into debit cards.
Kabbara would then sell the MoneyPaks on underground sites or transfered the money into debit cards using stolen identities. Using a crew in New York City, they would then cash out the debit cards and send the cash to Kabbara, who lived in Canada.
Sentencing will occur July 6th and could see him facing a prison term of 20 years.
Source: SCMagazine
Kabbara, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, convinced victims, especially the elderly, into sending him money with an age old scam. He convinced the victims to send the money to help their grandchild get bailed out of jail.Kabbara's scam operated using encrypted chats and phony online identities between February 2014 and August 2016. Kabbara would request MoneyPaks which are vouchers that can be loaded with cash and turned into debit cards.
Kabbara would then sell the MoneyPaks on underground sites or transfered the money into debit cards using stolen identities. Using a crew in New York City, they would then cash out the debit cards and send the cash to Kabbara, who lived in Canada.
Sentencing will occur July 6th and could see him facing a prison term of 20 years.
Source: SCMagazine
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