Facebook-Google Scammer Pleads Guilty in $121 Million Theft
- Evaldas Rimasauskas extradited to U.S. from Lithuania in 2017
- Rimasauskas admitted role in tricking companies to send cash
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A Lithuanian man admitted he helped trick Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google into sending more than $100 million through a phishing scheme.
Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. District Judge George Daniels on Wednesday under an agreement with prosecutors and will forfeit $49.7 million. Rimasauskas was extradited to New York in August 2017. He faces as many as 30 years in prison when he is sentenced July 24.