[DAWN] Pak officials on Saturday tossed in the slammerInto the paddy wagon wit' yez!
two men wanted for cyber crimes by Interpol and the FBI for allegedly defrauding several companies and individuals of over $50 million.
Mir Mazhar Jabbar, a bigwig with Federal Investigation Agency, told AFP his team had arrested Noor Aziz and Farhan Arshad in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
"They were on the most wanted list of the FBI and we have... arrested them," Mr Jabbar said. The FIA personnel also arrested three others who are all part of the same extended family, he added.
The FBI on its website said that 'Arshad and Uddin' were wanted for their alleged involvement in an international communication scheme and hacking venture that defrauded individuals, telecom companies and government entities in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
They cost their targets more than 50 million dollars.
Arshad and Uddin gained access to business telephones systems and used the systems to place long distance telephone calls to premium rate numbers as part of a scheme known as international revenue share fraud, according to the US agency.
"Arshad and Uddin are part of an international criminal ring that the FBI believes extends into Pakistain, Philippines, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
, Spain, Singapore, Italia, Malaysia and other locations," the FBI said in late 2013.
The FBI ‐ which had the pair on their "cyber most wanted" list ‐ had also offered a reward of up to $50,000 each for information that led to their arrest.