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В кластер включаются документы о преступных схемах, основанных на применении программного обеспечения или цифровых инструментов, и исключаются документы о мошенничестве, не связанном с технологиями.
Общие признаки: использование ИТ-технологий для обмана, крупные финансовые преступления, разоблачение мошеннических схем
Группа выше: Технологическое мошенничество и его выявление
Смысл: The text describes a massive fraud scheme where programmers bypassed CAPTCHA systems to illegally hoard and resell event tickets, netting $25 million before being indicted.
A group of programmers earned $25 million by building a massive bot infrastructure to bypass CAPTCHAs and illegally hoard event tickets.
Смысл: The text reports on the massive financial success and subsequent legal crackdown on the creators of the Trojan Winlock malware, who defrauded users of one billion rubles.
Developers of the Trojan Winlock malware earned one billion rubles in six months through SMS fraud before being arrested by Moscow authorities.
Смысл: The text exposes a systemic culture of fraud within the TrueConf group, encompassing anti-competitive cartel behavior in state procurement and illegal labor practices, demonstrating that digital footprints and legal scrutiny can uncover complex corporate schemes.
The Russian FAS exposed the TrueConf group for using a network of puppet companies to rig government tenders and evade blacklists, while courts simultaneously ruled against their illegal practice of forcing employees to work as fake contractors.