Leader Of International Cellphone Fraud Scheme Arrested [telecom]

[Moderator]

Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of
New York, and Ricky J. Patel, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the
New York Field Office of the Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI"),
announced today the arrest of JUAN S. CORDERO, who is charged with
leading a fraud ring operating in the United States and the Dominican
Republic in which co-conspirators fraudulently purchased iPhones that
were billed to compromised accounts of AT&T Wireless ("AT&T")
customers. CORDERO was apprehended by authorities in the Dominican
Republic and transported to the Southern District of New York, where
he will be presented later today. He is the eighth and final
defendant arrested on an Indictment that charges CORDERO, DANIEL
A. TORRES, ALEKSEY SERYY, RARNIERY MOLINA, a/k/a "Eddy," ADAEL ARIEL
FIGARO, SALAH SAL ALTAWEEL, JOSE F. CORDERO, and JEANCARLOS URENA with
conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity
theft. The case is assigned to United States District Judge Alvin
K. Hellerstein.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/leader-international-cellphone-fraud-scheme-arrested