WASHINGTON:
Amid the cascade of US sanctions imposed on Thursday on Russian cybersecurity companies and officials alleged to be operating on behalf of the Kremlin's intelligence services, one company stood out: the Fresh Air Farm House in Karachi, Pakistan
According to a U.S. Treasury statement and an indictment released this week by federal prosecutors in New Jersey, Raza operated a digital fake identification mill, which contained photographs of doctored driver's licenses, fake passports and fake utility bills. Developed to help bullying customers pass verification checks. American payment companies and tech firms.
Raza has been charged with six counts of forged documents and identity theft. Reuters reached Pakistan on the telephone number provided by the US Treasury sanctions list.
He confirmed his identity and admitted to being a digital fraudster, saying he used "generic Photoshop" to exchange ID cards, bills and other documents.
The New Jersey indictment was filed by an Internet Research Agency employee. It was a notorious Russian troll form involved with U.S. investigators, media reports, documents, and former insiders trying to interfere in the U.S. election.
According to the indictment, the IRA employee used Raza's services in 2017 to obtain fake driver's licenses to support the identification of fake accounts.
Raza said he did not know who had used his service. He said the movement for his business came many years ago when a PayPal account he opened under a pseudonym was locked, and hundreds of dollars were embezzled to improve online search results. Received for.
Unwilling to give up what he described as "hard-earned money", he photoshopped an identity card under his pseudonym.
Once PayPal immobilized his account, he realized that he had stumbled upon a good idea and from there the business ended.
On Thursday morning, Raza boasted about his site, Second Eye Solutions, "6,000 and more satisfied clients" before pulling it down.
The old website includes reviews from several users who thank the other eye for providing fake identification documents used to verify accounts - mostly with PayPal.
PayPal Holdings Inc. did not immediately return a request for comment. Raza said the money raised from the fake identity business was used to build a free air farmhouse. The facility, which includes three bedrooms, a playground, a water slide, and a BBQ area, is now on the list of Russian agricultural and defense contractors, as well as US-approved entities.
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