As announced by the U.S. Justice Department, officials have seized a cloud computing account used by subsidiaries of Huione Group as part of what prosecutors describe as a technical backbone for moving and concealing fraud proceeds. Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva says the account supported transfers involving billions of dollars, often linked to scam centers operating in Southeast Asia. Duva says the seizure strikes at one of the world’s most prolific criminal marketplaces and forms part of the ongoing FBI-led Operation Riptide campaign against cybercrime. The department also says H-Pay Service PLC is now ... (full story)