US asks London court to hand over two alleged hackers

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46206614

By Sajid Iqbal
Community affairs specialist
BBC.com
11/04/2018

The two men are accused of being members of a 36-strong group said to have 
been behind a dark web forum responsible for more than $530m (£409m) of 
losses to banks and individuals.

The Infraud Organisation is said to have sold stolen credit cards and IDs.

Taimoor Zaman and Anthony Nnamdi Okeakpu deny the allegations made against 
them.

The judge presiding over the hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court was 
told that both the defendants were senior members of Infraud, which had 
operated under the slogan "In fraud we trust."

The US government's lawyer said that Mr Zaman had been both the moderator 
and administrator of the forum. He was said to have used the nickname 
Scottish.

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