Law enforcement agencies from across the globe have coordinated a takedown of the xDedic Marketplace, a notorious dark web platform that facilitates the trade of stolen data and compromised servers. They have charged 19 individuals linked to running the marketplace
The xDedic Marketplace was a website on the dark web that illegally sold login credentials (usernames and passwords) to servers located across the world and personally identifiable information—dates of birth and Social Security numbers—of U.S. residents.
Marketplace seller Dariy Pankov, a Russian national, was one of the highest sellers on the Marketplace by volume, listing for sale the credentials of more than 35,000 compromised servers located all over the world and obtaining more than $350,000 in illicit proceeds.
Nigerian national Allen Levinson was a prolific buyer on the Marketplace who held particular interest in purchasing access to U.S.-based Certified Public Accounting firms. He used the information he obtained from those servers to file hundreds of false tax returns with the United States government, requesting more than $60 million in fraudulent tax refunds.
12 out of the 19 suspects charged following the international investigation into xDedic’s activity have already been sentenced, five are scheduled to receive a sentence, and two are pending extradition from the United Kingdom.
| Name (Age, Nationality) | Offense of Conviction | Term of Imprisonment |
| Allen Levinson (31, Nigeria) | Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud | 78 months |
| T’Andre McNeely (33, California) | Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud | 78 months |
| Michael Carr (33, California) | Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud | 78 months |
| Dariy Pankov (29, Russia) | Conspiracy to Commit Access Device and Computer Fraud | 60 months |
| Glib Ivanov-Tolpintsev (29, Ukraine) | Conspiracy to Commit Access Device and Computer Fraud | 48 months |
| Alexandru Habasescu (31, Moldova) | Access Device Fraud | 41 months |
| Adedotun Adejumo (45, Oklahoma) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | 33 months |
| Pavlo Kharmanskyi (32, Ukraine) | Access Device Fraud | 30 months |
| Joshua Spencer (29, New York) | Conspiracy to Commit Access Device Fraud | 28 months |
| Ibrahim Jinadu (36, Georgia) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | 27 months |
| Brandon Williams (34, California) | Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud | 12 months |
| Harold McKinzie (29, Illinois) | Wire Fraud | 5 years’ probation |
| Bamidele Omotosho (42, Nigeria) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | Sentence pending |
| Olayemi Adafin (38, United Kingdom) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | Sentence pending |
| Olakunle Oyebanjo (29, United Kingdom) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | Sentence pending |
| Akinola Taylor (38, United Kingdom) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | Sentence pending |
| Oluwarotimi Ogunlana (29, Texas) | Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud | Sentence pending |
This investigation also benefited greatly from cooperation with foreign law enforcement in Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Romania, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Moldova. The cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Rachel K. Jones, Carlton C. Gammons, and Suzanne Nebesky.
