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Lithuanian man brought to US to face $100 million fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — A Lithuanian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges that he duped Google and Facebook into sending him over $100 million. Evaldas Rimasauskas (eh-VAHL'-dahs ree-muh-SOWS'-kuhs) pleaded not guilty Thursday in Manhattan federal court. He arrived in New York Wednesday night. The 48-year-old Vilnius, Lithuania, man was charged with wire fraud, money laundering and aggravated identity theft. The companies were identified in a Lithuanian court document, which said Google sent over $23 million and Facebook sent nearly $100 million to bank accounts controlled by Rimasauskas. Google, of Mountain View, California, said in a statement that it detected the fraud, alerted authorities and has recouped its money.

 

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