CRIMINAL LIST TRACK & TRACE SAC151C
Search list update - South Asia region. 843/55DVT/18CMT. UPDATE V24
TRACK AND TRACE IF YOU HAVE BEEN A VICTIM OF FRAUD WHEN DEALING WITH THE FOLLOWING CRIMINALS
AND FRAUDSTERS, OR IF YOU KNOW WHERE THEY ARE PLEASE CONTACT US.
The Criminal Intelligence Network focuses on identifying and highlighting criminals who have defrauded the American public and fled the country, utilizing the full force of law enforcement agencies and international cooperation to hold not just the criminals themselves accountable, but also any individuals or entities
that assist, support, cooperate, or fund their operations.
AHMED MOFED KHALIL HIJAWI
Financial, Banking, Property Fraud
Ahmed Mofed Khalil Hijawi is a fraudster who deceitfully portrays himself as an investor of Fisher Investments USA, among others. To maintain his elaborate ruse, Hijawi is accused of creating fraudulent companies bearing the Fisher Investments name, under the fictitious identity of Heather Fisher. He further fabricates false email accounts and web domains that closely mimic those of Fisher Investments, and forges official bank documents from various U.S. and European financial institutions. He is linked to political organizations operating within India.
ISMAIL SHALASH
Wire Fraud and Money Laundering
Ismail Shalash is wanted for his alleged role in money laundering. Shalash would sell luxury vehicles online to owners of privately owned car dealerships in various states and never produce the promised product upon receipt of payment. Shalash would at times use the alias of “Armand Brigante”to deceive victims. Shalash attempted to allegedly defraud 8 victims in 5 different states for a total amount of approximately 3.4 million dollars.
CHRISTOPHER W. BURNS
Mail Fraud
Christopher W. Burns is wanted for involvement in a mail fraud scheme in Georgia. It is alleged that Burns defrauded a number of victims out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. As part of his scheme, Burns allegedly falsely told victims that he was investing their money in a “peer to peer” lending program in which loans were backed by collateral. In reality, the collateral promised by Burns either did not exist at all or was worth substantially less than Burns represented. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Burns
SARAH JAMAL AL SAYYID
Proscribed organisation support
Sarah Jamal Muhammad al-Sayyid is wanted in connection with providing material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS). Al-Sayyid helped establish the EHF, which provides technical advice and training to ISIS supporters seeking to evade law enforcement scrutiny of their online activities.. Al-Sayyid also reportedly involved in financial fraud and money laundering.
ROMAN SEMENOV
Money laundering and fraud
Roman Semenov is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities regarding conspiracy to commit: money laundering, sanctions violations, and money service business violations. Semenov allegedly created the core features of the fraudulent scheme, paid for critical infrastructure to operate the service, promoted the service, and made millions of dollars in profits from operating the service. The Tornado Cash service was ultimately used to launder more than $1 billion in criminal proceeds.
VLADISLAV OSIPOV
Banking fraud & money laundering
Vladislav Osipov is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities to include bank fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and United States Corporations. Osipov was charged with Bank Fraud; Money Laundering; Conspiracy to Defraud the United States and to Commit Offenses Against the United States
BIRDAL OSMAN
Bank Fraud and Identity Theft
Birdal Osman is being sought for his alleged role in a scheme to defraud the recipients of a federal benefits program by installing skimming devices on various points of sale terminals in order to unlawfully access the funds in the victims’ electronic benefits transfer or “EBT” card. During the course of the scheme, it is alleged that Osman and the other subjects requested disbursements totaling more than $220,000 in EBT funds from more than 300 victims' accounts.
FREDERICK ARIAS
Fraud & Bank theft
Frederick Arias is wanted for his alleged involvement in a fraud scheme in which victim investors lost over $9 million dollars. Arias was charged with conspiracy; fraudulent schemes and artifices; money laundering in the first degree; ten counts of theft; two counts of illegal control of an enterprise; forgery; and fraudulent schemes and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
SHAISTA KANWAL AKA HEATHER FISHER
Banking fraud & theft
Shaista Kanwal also known as Heather Fisher has undertaken banking and property fraud in the USA through the set up of a fraudulent company Fisher Investments Private Clients Group to defarud victims in believing this is the real Fisher Investments Corporation. She has also been involved in the set up of fisher Investments web domains working alongside Ahmed Hijawi and Victor Wolfe and has defrauded many people.
SILVIU-FLORIN SPIRIDON
Bank fraud and identity theft
Silviu-Florin Spiridon operated a scheme to defraud the recipients of a federal benefits program by installing skimming devices on various points of sale terminals in California in order to unlawfully access the funds in the victims’ electronic benefits transfer or “EBT” card. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Silviu-Florin Spiridon in the United States District Court after he was charged with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft.
HAMED AHMED ELBARKI
Wire Fraud; Securities Fraud
Hamed Ahmed Elbarki, a convicted felon, is wanted for his alleged involvement in a mortgage-related scheme that defrauded individuals out of nearly $2 million. Elbarki, doing business as Aventura Trust Investments Corporation (ATI), solicited money from two individuals who resided in South America. The individuals believed that they were investing in the short-term purchase and sale of residential loans. Elbarki allegedly misappropriated the investors' funds for personal use.
YASAR BALAGHI
Banking fraud and identity theft
Yasar Balaghi is wanted for his alleged participation in malicious cyber activity to Obtain Information from a Protected Computer; Defraud and Obtain a Thing of Value; Commit Fraud Involving Authentication Features; Commit Aggravated Identity Theft; Commit Access Device Fraud; Commit Wire Fraud While Falsely Registering Domains; Wire Fraud; Aggravated Identify Theft; Aiding and Abetting; Material Support to Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.
ABDOLLAH KARIMA
Bank fraud & Identity theft
Abdollah Karima is wanted for his alleged involvement in criminal activities, including obtaining unauthorized access to computer systems, stealing proprietary data from those systems, and selling that stolen data. Victims of the scheme included approximately 144 universities in the United States, 176 foreign universities in 21 countries, five federal and state government agencies in the United States, 36 private companies in the United States, 11 foreign private companies, and two international non-governmental organizations.
DENIS KULKOV
Fraud & Money Laundering
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a four-count indictment charging Denis Gennadievich Kulkov with access device fraud, computer intrusion, and money laundering in connection with his operation of Try2Check, the primary service offering “card-checking” to cybercriminals in the stolen credit card trade. Through the illegal operation of his websites, the defendant made at least $18 million in Bitcoin and other funds.
ALEKSEY STROGANOV
Fraud and Identify theft
Aleksey Timofeyevich Stroganov was allegedly part of a criminal conspiracy to hack into the computer networks of individuals and companies. Stroganov harvested data associated with hundreds of millions credit card and banking accounts. He then sold that data over the dark net through cybercrime forums and dark net websites. In total, the scheme resulted in losses to financial institutions exceeding $35 million.
ALEKSEJ BESCIOKOV
Money laundering and Fraud
Aleksandr Mira Serda and Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov controlled and operated Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange that allegedly facilitated money laundering by transnational criminal organizations (including terrorist organizations) and sanctions violations. He received hundreds of millions in criminal proceeds and was used to facilitate various crimes, including hacking, ransomware, terrorism, and drug trafficking, often with substantial impact to U.S. victims.
AHLAM AHMAD AL-TAMIMI
Supporting a terrorist organisation
Ahlam Ahmad Al-Tamimi has been charged with assisting a suicide bomb attack at a pizza restaurant in Jerusalem that killed 16 people, including three United States nationals. Three other United States nationals were among approximately 122 others injured in the attack. An affidavit in support of Al-Tamimi’s criminal complaint and a warrant for her arrest were sworn out under seal
VICTOR WOLF
Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud
Victor Wolf is wanted for a property fraud scheme. Wolf and Ahmed Mofed Khalil Hijawi established approximately two dozen fake Florida corporations, two of which were Fisher Investments LLC and Sky Development Group. They targeted victims in the USA and Pakistan, luring them to invest in real estate with promises of high rates of return Wolf and Hijawi also issued fraudulent deeds and other fake banking documents to victims who have lost in excess of $20 million.
NATALIA WOLF
Mail fraud & Wire fraud
Natalia Wolf is wanted for her alleged involvement in a massive real estate-related fraud scheme alongside Victor Wolf, Ahmed Hijawi and Heather Fisher aka Shaista Kanwal. They targeted Americans and Pakistani individuals, luring them to invest in real estate with promises of high rates of return on their investments, and cheap available land. They also issued fraudulent deeds and fake banking documents in the name of Fisher Investments and other banking institutions.
MEHDI FARHADI
Fraud & Wire Fraud
Mehdi Farhadi is wanted for his alleged involvement in malicious cyber activity affecting networks and individuals in the United States and other countries, to include defacing of websites, exfiltration of sensitive data, and unauthorized access to computer networks. Farhadi has also allegedly stolen credit card information and identities of United States persons to fund these illicit activities.
NATALIA BURLINOVA
AKA Natalya Burlinova
Fraud
On April 17, 2023, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Burlinova in the United States District Court, District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., after she was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Offense or to Defraud the United States and Agent of a Foreign Government.
SAMER RAYYA
Money Laundering
Samer Rayya is wanted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to illegally export defense articles from the United States to Sudan and Iraq without first obtaining the required licenses or approvals from the United States Government and for committing money laundering in furtherance of aforementioned conspiracy .
KIYA SADEG
Wire & Banking Fraud
Kiya Sadeg is wanted for allegedly conspiring to commit bank and wire fraud, and to commit money laundering. The charges relate to the actions of Sadeg for allegedly facilitating payments and he was indicted in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York, on the charges listed above and federal warrants were issued for his arrest.
IRINA VIKTOROVNA KAVERZINA
Identity theft &. Corporate fraud
Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina is wanted by the FBI for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States. Kaverzina is also charged with aggravated identity theft after allegedly using personal information of actual Americans without their knowledge to open PayPal and bank accounts. On February 16, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.