CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three Romanian nationals were extradited to the United States this week to face charges in connection with a vast cyber fraud conspiracy ring that targeted residents of Northeast Ohio and others around the nation, U.S. Attorney Carole Rendon announced Friday.
Two of the men are scheduled to appear in federal court Friday, while the third will make an initial appearance Monday.
Bogdan Nicolescu, 34, Tiberiu Danet, 31, and Radu Miclaus, 34, face charges of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering and others in the 21-count indictment handed up earlier this year.
Investigators say the men and others in the ring, identified in court documents as the Bayrob Group, infected at least 60,000 computers, distributed 11 million malicious emails and stole at least $4 million.
Roughly 50 residents of Northeast Ohio, and countless more around the nation, fell victim to the fraud, FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen Anthony said.
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