AT&T employees at a call center in Washington were paid more than $1 million in bribes to unlock phones and install malware on their workplace's computers, an indictment claims
Share to twitterAT&T was hacked by its own employees, who were bribed by a 34-year-old fraudster from Pakistan, according to DOJ charges. A 34-year-old from Pakistan has been extradited from Hong Kong to the U.S., over allegations he bribed AT&T employees over five years to unlock more than 2 million phones. He was also accused of hacking into AT&T computers.
The defendant, whose legal counsel had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication, was using a number of front companies as he approached AT&T employees in Boswell, according to the DOJ. He'd call or Facebook message them and when he'd convinced them to become part of the scheme, he'd tell them to open their own shell businesses so they could receive payment, according to the charges.
Jiwani, who the DOJ said is now deceased, was said to have been responsible for gathering the IMEI numbers and paying the bribes. He also travelled to the U.S. and Dubai to make bribe payments. An AT&T spokesperson said:"We have been working closely with law enforcement since this scheme was uncovered to bring these criminals to justice and are pleased with these developments."
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