Albert Segvec Gonzalez

Miami's Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez is the alleged ringleader of an international credit fraud conspiracy, involving the personal information of over 40 million consumers.¹ Two other Americans, Christopher Scott and Damon Patrick Toey, are alleged to have procured the information by hacking into the files of major retailers.² Attorney General Michael Mukasey has called the case, "the single largest and most complex identity theft case ever charged in this country."¹

Fast Facts

1. Charges against Gonzalez: Fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy¹
2. 11 people charged in 5 countries
3. Americans charged: Gonzalez, Scott, Toey
4. Charged in Belarus: Sergey Pavlovich
5. Charged in Ukraine: Maksym "Maksik" Yastermskiy, Dzmitry Burak, Sergey Storchak
6. Charged in Estonia: Aleksandr "Jonny Hell" Suvorov
7. Charged in China: Hung-Ming Chiu and Zhi Zhi Wang
8. Suspect called "Delpiero" also charged—nationality not reported²

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