A man cheated Facebook and Google for $ 122 million with an unusual story of uncle

Evaldas Rimasauskas seized the opportunity and acted. He does not think twice, because if he had not done it, he would not have rejoiced. This Lithuanian stole $ 122 million from Google and Facebook using fake invoices.

He claimed to be the The Taiwanese hardware manufacturer "Quanta Computer Inc". To make it even more credible, the name has been registered in the department of the Lithuanian brand. I did not have any devices to sell or any services to provide.

However, this detail (?) Did not stop Rimasauskas, who started sending invoices to Google and Facebook As if it was the Asian company. He added that several people pretended to be employees and urgently sent supporting documents requesting late payments. A clbadic tale of the uncle in bit time.

unusually, the two companies did not question anything and made transfers Millionaire on bank accounts of different countries: Lithuania, Cyprus, Slovakia, Hungary, Hong Kong or Latvia.

After several months, Google and Facebook became aware of the scam, denounced Rimasauskas and managed to recover the money. Finally, this man pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a fine of $ 50 million. However, he still faces a 30-year prison sentence.

As explained by the United States Department of Justice, trout bills included counterfeit contracts and letters purporting to be signed by corporate executives who were deceived.

"He thought he could hide behind a computer around the world while driving his fraudulent scheme, but he can now spend several years in an American jail," said US attorney Geoffrey Berman.