{"id":47803,"date":"2022-08-03T20:17:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ex-t-mobile-us-store-owner-phished-staff-raked-in-25m-from-unlocking-phones\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T20:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:17:10","slug":"ex-t-mobile-us-store-owner-phished-staff-raked-in-25m-from-unlocking-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ex-t-mobile-us-store-owner-phished-staff-raked-in-25m-from-unlocking-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-T-Mobile US store owner phished staff, raked in $25m from unlocking phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A now-former T-Mobile US store stole at least 50 employees&#8217; work credentials to run a phone unlocking and unblocking service that prosecutors said netted $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>Argishti Khudaverdyan, 44, of Burbank, California, was found guilty of 14 criminal charges [<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2022\/08\/03\/khudaverdyan_indictment.pdf\">PDF<\/a>] by a US federal jury on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Dept of Justice, Khudaverdyan co-owned a T-Mobile US store in Los Angeles, operating as a business called Top Tier Solutions, for about five months in 2017. The shop&#8217;s other co-owner, Alen Gharehbagloo, 43, of nearby La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, pleaded guilty to three felony fraud charges last month [<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2022\/08\/03\/gharehbagloo_plea.pdf\">PDF<\/a>].&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>T-Mo ended its contract with Khudaverdyan in June 2017 after being sketched out by his suspicious use of the carrier&#8217;s computer system. It turned out he had been unlocking phones for customers without T-Mobile US&#8217;s permission so that the devices could be used on different networks.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even after the self-styled un-carrier gave him the boot, he continued his illicit scheme, advertising unlocking and unblocking services through brokers, email spam, and websites that Khudaverdyan and Gharehbagloo controlled, such as unlocks247[.]com and swiftunlocked[.]com.<\/p>\n<p>The men falsely claimed their work was officially sanctioned by T-Mo. As well as carrier unlocking handsets, the pair also offered to unblock devices that had been reported lost or stolen and banned from networks as a result.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>To perform these services, Khudaverdyan sought access to the relevant management functions within T-Mobile US&#8217;s internal computer system. And so he sent phishing emails to T-Mo employees so he could steal their login credentials, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>The emails, which looked like legitimate T-Mobile US correspondence, contained links to phony websites that Khudaverdyan controlled. Once the workers clicked on the malicious links, they were taken to a fake website that asked them to login using their employee ID. The sites then harvested the submitted user names and passwords for Khudaverdyan.<\/p>\n<p>He also socially engineered T-Mo&#8217;s IT support, and seems to have got some inside help from rogue call center workers to gain access to staff accounts. According to prosecutors:<\/p>\n<p>According to the DoJ, Khudaverdyan and his criminal associates stole more than 50 credentials from T-Mo employees across the US, and they used that info to login into T-Mo internal systems and unlock and unblock &#8220;hundreds of thousands&#8221; of phones for paying customers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The miscreants raked in about $25 million via PayPal, Uncle Sam&#8217;s lawyers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/former-owner-t-mobile-retail-store-eagle-rock-found-guilty-committing-25-million-scheme\">said<\/a>. This caper started back in 2014 and ran until 2019, we&#8217;re told, meaning that the retail store was only one chapter in this saga.<\/p>\n<p>Khudaverdyan is due to be sentenced on October 17. He was convicted on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, three counts of wire fraud, two counts of accessing a computer to defraud and obtain value, one count of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to obtain information, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, five counts of money laundering, and one count of aggravated identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>He faces potentially decades behind bars.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/cybercrime&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YurkyLGFCYS4GDNz9qAvPQAAAIU&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Gharehbagloo&#8217;s sentencing hearing is set for December. \u00ae<\/p>\n<p> <em><strong>PS:<\/strong> Looking through the court documents we spotted that at least one of the web-based unlocking systems provided to T-Mobile US representatives had no authentication on it: it simply checked to see if the user was connecting in from an allow-listed IP address.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p> READ MORE <a href=\"https:\/\/go.theregister.com\/feed\/www.theregister.com\/2022\/08\/03\/tmobile_unlock_prison_phone\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s just the tip of the iceberg \u2013 and now he faces potentially years in the clink A now-former T-Mobile US store stole at least 50 employees&#8217; work credentials to run a phone unlocking and unblocking service that prosecutors said netted $25 million.\u2026 READ MORE HERE&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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