The unique services of callservice.biz, which assisted thousands of identity thieves since the site’s founding in 2007, have been shut down.
The idea was simple: since many identity thieves are operating in non-English-speaking countries, they need people with believably American accents to talk to bankers. Callservice.biz supplied voice talent, in German or English, to use the data stolen by criminals to impersonate account holders and authorize things like wire transfers or withdrawals.
The owner of the site, Dmitry M. Naskovets, has pled guilty to wire fraud charges and is facing up to thirty seven and a half years in prison.