Lithuanian Man Arrested Over $100 Million Email Scam

A Lithuanian man has been indicted in the United States for convincing two U.S.-based Internet companies into wiring over $100 million to bank accounts he controlled as part of an email fraud scheme. Evaldas Rimasauskas, 48, was arrested late last week in Lithuania on the basis of a provisional arrest warrant, the New York Office of the FBI said. The indictment (PDF) claims that Rimasauskas has orchestrated a fraudulent scheme in or around 2013 through in or about 2015, to deceive targeted companies, including a multinational technology company and a multinational online social media company, into wiring funds to bank accounts he controlled.