This Lithuanian has tricked Google and Facebook into depositing $120 million in his accounts

Hi-Tech Nilgun Salim
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A Lithuanian has tricked Facebook and Google to transfer more than $120 million into his accounts and is now awaiting his extradition to the US, where he will be judged for fraud, risking a 20-year prison sentence, writes Reuters.

The Lithuanian Court of Appeal decided on Friday to support the decision adopted by a lower court to extradite Evaldas Rimasauskas to the US.

According to the investigation conducted in the US, the Lithuanian and his accomplices sent emails to Google and Facebook in which they lied about being members of the Taiwanese Quanta Computer group – the largest computer assembler in the world who produces components for Apple, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Fujitsu, and others.

The innovative group sent emails to both tech giants by using names similar to those used by the Taiwanese giant.

Without verifying the information, Google made the payment into a bank account from Lithuania controlled by the fraudulent firm, while Facebook has deposited the money into an account from Cyprus.

Quanta told Reuters their employee’s identities were stolen as part of the scheme but in terms of financial damage, unlike Facebook and Google, they are doing just fine.

According to the American press, Rimasauskas will face another two years in prison for identity theft, in addition to those 20 years for fraud.

Rimasauskas received $23 million from Google and $99 million Facebook, according to the Lithuanian court.