Two illegal immigrants were sentenced to over six years in federal prison for stealing millions of dollars from ATMs in a hacking conspiracy known as “jackpotting.”
The Department of Justice said that Carlos Javier Padron and Oddry Arnoldo Cabrera Torrealba were sentenced to 78 months in prison for their scheme. The two Venezuelan nationals rigged ATMs and used malware to cause machines throughout the country to dispense large amounts of money, court documents revealed. The DOJ said Padron and Torrealba were connected to Tren de Aragua, the transnational terrorist cartel and organized crime syndicate that originated in Venezuela.
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