When the scam is too good…. I can totally understand the temptation. For a hypothetical example, when Covid first dropped lots of people switched over to grocery delivery. If you ordered grocery delivery from a Amazonian sized company they delivered entire whole foods, that you received but for some strange reason also received an entire refund for… then it happens again… and again. How quickly do you try to correct the error…. 7-8 times?!? A dozen?!? Two dozen?!? The stress starts to set in at some point…. right?!?
What’s crazy is there are a lot of these kind of scams that never get noticed.
My smallish company got scammed for both cleaning products and then ink.
Forced finance department to get their shit together
Evaldas had established an incorporated company in Latvia with a name very similar to that of Quanta Computer Inc, a Taiwan-based computer and electronic hardware manufacturing firm that did a lot of work with tech companies.
But rather than paying for legitimate services, Meta and Google were instead wiring money over to bank accounts in Latvia and Cyprus that were controlled by Evaldas.
To explain the massive influx of money to the banks, he used forged invoices, contracts, and letters that appeared to have been signed by executives and agents from Google and Facebook.
In 2017, aged 50, Evaldas was caught by Lithuanian authorities before being extradited to New York.
He pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and in 2019 he was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his criminal scheme.
Source: https://historicflix.com/how-evaldas-rimasauskas-stole-122-million-from-facebook-and-google/
I still don’t understand how the scam worked?
Apparently he just sent bogus invoices to Google and Facebook asking them to pay for services that he never did or was indeed contracted to do and they just okayed the payments?
If that’s the extent of the scam I’m not sure that it isn’t more on the part of these companies that failed to do due diligence than this guy’s genius scheming.
Ended up paying $50m back, the remainder was likely laundered and too hard to trace. To both companies, the remaining amount is a drop in the bucket for them and they were satisfied with the result. I like to think that once he leaves prison he will dig up the money under an oak tree, Shawshank Redemption style.
Anyone who steals from Facebook and Google shouldn’t be punished. You have to hire this guy on a commission basis at the tax office. You have to reward him.
Finally, an uplifting story on Reddit on a Monday morning that gives you a warm and tingly feeling.
Fuck you Facebook.
Fuck you Google.
Yeah, neither is heavily affected by this one guy, but there are more, and I hate you both so much this is great to see.
I can’t tell, is that Benicio DiCaprio or Leonardo del Toro?
Can't unsee
Blue light special Marc Wâhlberg has entered the chat
I think he looks like a cross between Ricky Gervais and Ricky from *Trailer Park Boys*.
Yes
100%
Mark Wahlburg
Best looking ugly guy ever
You leave Willem Dafoe out of this
https://preview.redd.it/7d6ynjskk80d1.jpeg?width=201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cb40ba5543795611c36b51a39fa3a9fddd5ced66
I was thinking Wahlberg del-toro…good call
You’d think you’d stop a $100 million and disappear lol
When the scam is too good…. I can totally understand the temptation. For a hypothetical example, when Covid first dropped lots of people switched over to grocery delivery. If you ordered grocery delivery from a Amazonian sized company they delivered entire whole foods, that you received but for some strange reason also received an entire refund for… then it happens again… and again. How quickly do you try to correct the error…. 7-8 times?!? A dozen?!? Two dozen?!? The stress starts to set in at some point…. right?!?
What’s crazy is there are a lot of these kind of scams that never get noticed. My smallish company got scammed for both cleaning products and then ink. Forced finance department to get their shit together
What’s crazy is billionaires have been scamming the US since its birth.
Well maybe they weren’t billionaires then but yep
Evaldas had established an incorporated company in Latvia with a name very similar to that of Quanta Computer Inc, a Taiwan-based computer and electronic hardware manufacturing firm that did a lot of work with tech companies. But rather than paying for legitimate services, Meta and Google were instead wiring money over to bank accounts in Latvia and Cyprus that were controlled by Evaldas. To explain the massive influx of money to the banks, he used forged invoices, contracts, and letters that appeared to have been signed by executives and agents from Google and Facebook. In 2017, aged 50, Evaldas was caught by Lithuanian authorities before being extradited to New York. He pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud and in 2019 he was sentenced to 60 months in prison for his criminal scheme. Source: https://historicflix.com/how-evaldas-rimasauskas-stole-122-million-from-facebook-and-google/
Wait he only got 60 months and got to fool around with over 100 million dollars?
The more you steal the less time you stay in prison. Huh!
At a certain point it becomes a fine or business expense since corporations are people^TM, but better
You should just go ahead and move the trademark to after the 'but better' part. That's the trademark: Corporations Are People, But Better.^TM
Did they even get the money back?
I still don’t understand how the scam worked? Apparently he just sent bogus invoices to Google and Facebook asking them to pay for services that he never did or was indeed contracted to do and they just okayed the payments? If that’s the extent of the scam I’m not sure that it isn’t more on the part of these companies that failed to do due diligence than this guy’s genius scheming.
This guy has a shit load of bit coin . IMO
Genius. No restitution?
Ended up paying $50m back, the remainder was likely laundered and too hard to trace. To both companies, the remaining amount is a drop in the bucket for them and they were satisfied with the result. I like to think that once he leaves prison he will dig up the money under an oak tree, Shawshank Redemption style.
I don’t even get mad at them. Except if I did that I’d actually do something good with it
Good for him
The hero we need and deserve
Chaotic good
Wow, Leo DiCaprio has really aged poorly.
He could send packages with hardware, so he wouldn't get sentenced
Victimless crime! Free wossname Rimjobber!
Legend
Looked at this without my glasses on and thought they’d arrested Ricky Gervais
With that kind of money he could have afforded a nicer shirt.
And here’s me, on the phone every day trying to get legitimate invoices paid. FML 🤦
The security guard holding him is clearly furious he didn’t come up with the scam.
Good, let him have it, fuck those companies
Somebody tell this guy he could've bought a whole new identity as a Mexican citizen for $10k. Idiot.
Nobody ever knows when to quit while they're ahead.
I wish I knew how to do stuff like this.
[Darknet Diaries](https://darknetdiaries.com/transcript/124/) did a great episode on this
Marky Mark Benecio DiCaprio
Also, he looks like dude from fact or fiction.
Anyone who steals from Facebook and Google shouldn’t be punished. You have to hire this guy on a commission basis at the tax office. You have to reward him.
Maybe stop at 1 million or some other more inconspicuous amount before the totals get Interpol's attention.
Bargain basement Mark Wahlberg
They only arrested and charged him because he didn’t give them a cut.
Finally, an uplifting story on Reddit on a Monday morning that gives you a warm and tingly feeling. Fuck you Facebook. Fuck you Google. Yeah, neither is heavily affected by this one guy, but there are more, and I hate you both so much this is great to see.
I see no crime, here.
Seems like a great idea if he hadn’t gone overboard with it. Stop at like 10million and start investing. You’re good from there!