US court jails scammer who fleeced Facebook and Google out of $120m in email fraud

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Rimasauskas shook down Google and Facebook with fake emails purporting to be from a major Taiwan-based supplier

A Lithuanian scammer has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in defrauding Facebook and Google out of $120 million. Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, was also ordered to pay $49.7 million...

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