Instead of selling drugs on street corners, gang members are costing Americans millions by using personal data stolen by Russian cybercriminals to maintain fancy lifestyles.
n August 2018, when police in Miami searched the home of Geno St. Flerose, a teenager they said was a member of the Everybody Eats street gang, they discovered incriminating evidence that had little to do with the drugs and guns they more typically find.
“Fraud is the new dope,” says Armando Aguilar, criminal investigations chief at the Miami Police Department. “Fraud committed by gang members is a nationwide problem, but as with all things fraud, Miami is at the forefront.” The Little Haiti Vulchas are using one of the biggest sources of stolen data, a site called Blackpass. According to a search warrant application from the FBI and the Secret Service, communications between two alleged members of the crew, Jerry Vernelus and Erick Cadet Jr., discussed using Blackpass data for a “jwett” – slang describing an easy way to make illegal money. .that Blackpass is run by Russian cybercriminals.
Holden says that earlier this year he saw the group barrage an array of the internet’s most popular sites, including Walmart, Uber, Stamps.com, Deliveroo, and the $12 billion OnlyFans social network popular with consumers of adult entertainment, among others, to try to see if they got any hits. Blackpass operators have also been seen offering access to organizations’ networks.
While Cadet’s data theft was relatively small, other figures in the Miami gang warfare have had more voluminous lists to steal from. When police raided the house of Everybody Eats member Kenny Terlent in June 2021, they said he ran, slipped and fell, but managed to throw his phone into a lake. That didn’t stop police from recovering the device, searching it and discovering he was gathering Americans’ personal data from at least two Russian-run websites: UniCC and Robocheck.
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