United States v. Courdy, Fellerman, Benoit, Kennedy, Quadri, Shoaib, Beebe, Young, Johnson, Sullivan, Crosswell, Bauer, Grabeel, and Vogel; and United States v. Flynn, LoConti, Ahmad, Munoz, Crespin, and St. Hill.

09/22/2025 – Defendant Debra Vogel was sentenced as follows:  Defendant is committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for 20 months, as charged in Count 1 of the Indictment. Supervised Release for 3 years. Special Assessment of $100. Defendant shall forfeit to the United States the sum of $147,764.31. All fines waived. It is further ordered that the defendant surrender herself to the institution designated by the Bureau of Prisons at or before 1:00 p.m., on January 5, 2026. Bond exonerated upon surrender.

05/03/2023 – On May 2, 2023, a federal court in Los Angeles, California unsealed an indictment charging 14 defendants for their participation in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from American consumers’ bank accounts between 2015 and 2022.   Defendants Edward Courdy, Veronica Crosswell, and Eric Bauer were arraigned on charges of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud.  Additional defendants were arrested in other states and will be arraigned in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

The individuals named in the indictment face charges for being members and associates of a racketeering enterprise that unlawfully debited money from the bank accounts of unknowing U.S. consumer-victims.  Through various members and associates, the enterprise obtained identifying and banking information for victims, and created shell entities, identified below, that claimed to offer products or services, such as cloud storage. The enterprise then executed unauthorized debits against victims’ bank accounts, which it falsely represented to banks were authorized by the victims. Some of the unauthorized debits resulted in returned transactions, which generated high return rates. To both conceal and continue conducting unauthorized debits, the enterprise’s shell entities also generated “micro debits” against other bank accounts controlled and funded by or for the enterprise. The micro debits artificially lowered shell entities’ return rates to levels that conspirators believed would reduce bank scrutiny and lessen potential negative impact on the enterprise’s banking relations. Foreign conspirators also relied on domestic conspirators to help conceal from domestic banks the scheme’s foreign connections.

Shell entities named in the indictment are:

24-7 Tech Support;
Cloud Block Storage;
CloudNV;
Dollar Web Sales;
Ecloud Secure;
Gigatech;
I-Support Group;
iKalls;
My Kloud Box;
NRG Support; and
Silver Safe Box.

Coconspirator Harold Sobel was previously convicted for his role in the scheme in Las Vegas federal court and sentenced to 42 months in prison. In a related civil case also filed in Los Angeles federal court, injunctive relief and settlements totaling nearly $5 million were obtained against various persons, including several who are charged in the criminal indictment. 

Please note that an indictment is only an accusation. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Find out more information on the Indictment.

Please continue to check this website for updates and scheduled court appearance dates. 

Access a copy of the Press Release at the following link:  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/network-transnational-fraudsters-indicted-racketeering-scheme-steal-millions-american​​