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SEALED

U N ITED STA TES D ISTR ICT CO UR T
SO UTH ER N D ISTR ICT O F FLO RID A
CA SE NO .
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18U.S.C.j1956(h)
18U.S.C.j1956(a)(1)(B)(i)
18U.S.C.j982
UN ITED STA TES O F AM ERIC A

FILED BY

D C.

V.

MA2 222212

R AYM O N D O DIG IE UA D IA LE,
a/k/a RM ike R olandr''

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IN D IC TM EN T

The Grand Jury charges that:
G EN ER AL A LLEG A TIO NS
A tal1tim esm aterialto thisIndictm ent:

ttRansom w are''refers to a type ofm aliciouscom putersoRw are thatextortsm oney
from victim s. Generally,once ransom w are infects a victim 's com puter,itççlocks''the com puter
so that the com puter's users cannot access any data. The ransom w are then often displays a

m essageon the screen,referred to asa Etsplash screen,''w ith instnzctionsforpaying a ransom . The
instructionsprom ise,som etim es falsely,thatusers w illregain accessto their data upon paym ent
ofthe ransom .

Reveton w as a type ofransom w are thatinfected com putersthroughoutthe United
Statesand othercotm tries. W hen Reveton infected a victim 'scom puter,itwould display a splash
screen thatincluded the logo ofa 1aw enforcem entorganization and a m essage falsely inform ing
the victim that the 1aw enforcem ent organization had found illegal m aterial on the infected

.

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com puter. The Reveton ransom w are splash screen w ould directthevictim to pay a tçfine''in order
to regain access to the com puter and its data. Upon paym ent, Reveton nevertheless would
som etim esnotallow the victim to regain thataccess.
GreenDot M oneypaks w ere financialinstrum ents loadable by cash at designated
physical locations such as drug stores throughout the U nited States. Reveton's splash screen
included instructions for victim s on how to obtain M oneypaks and a form for subm itting a
M oneypak accountnum beraspaym entoftheir 'tfine.''
Liberty Reserve w as an online paym entprocessor thatoffered a digitalcurrency
service through w hich m em bers could convertdeposited funds to çt iberty Reserve D ollars''in
orderto kansferm oney to others.
C O U NT 1
Conspiracy to C om m itM oney Laundering

(18U.S.C.j1956(h))
5.

The G eneral A llegations section of this Indictm ent is re-alleged and fully

incorporated herein by reference.
From in oraboutatleastOctober2012,and continuing through atleastM arch 27,

2013,the exactdatesbeing unknown to the Grand Jury,in M iam i-D ade and Brow ard Counties,
in the Southern D istrictofFlorida,and elsewhere,the defendant,
R AY M O ND O D IG IE U A DIA LE,
a/k/a GM ike R olandr''

did willfully,thatis,with the intentto furtherthe objectsofthe conspiracy,and knowingly
com bine,conspire,confederate,and agree w ith other personsknown and unknow n to the Grand
Jury to com m itoffenses against the U nited States,in violation ofTitle 18,U nited States Code,
Section 1956,thatis,to know ingly conductand attem ptto conductfinancialtransactionsaffecting
interstate com m erce,w hich transactions involved the proceeds of specified unlaw ful activity,

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knowing thatthe transactionsw ere designed in whole orin partto concealand disguise thenature,

location,source,ownership,and controloftheproceedsofsuch specified unlawfulactivity,and
thatwhile conducting and attem pting to condud such financialtransactions,ltnew thattheproperty

involved in the financialtransactionsrepresented theproceedsofsome form ofunlawfulactivity,

inviolationofTitle18,United StatesCode,Section 1956(a)(1)(B)(i).
Itisfurtheralleged thatthe specified unlaw fulactivity w as com puterfraud,in violation of

Title18,UnitedStatesCode,Section 1030(a)(7).
O BJEC T O F TH E C O N SPIM CY

ltwasthe objectofthe conspiracy forthe defendantand hisco-conspiratorsto
unlaw fully endch them selvesand others,to hide illegalproceeds,and to further the fraud schem e
by,am ong otherthings,w ithdraw ing,transferring,and conducting tinancialtransactionsinvolving
fraudulently-obtained fundsthrough tinancialinstitutions in the United Statesand abroad.
M A N NE R A N D M EAN S

The naanner and nAeans by w hich the defendant and his co-conspirators sought to

accomplishtheobjectsandpurposeoftheconspiracyincluded,amongothers,thefollowing:
8.

Co-conspirator 1 distributed ransom w are,including the variantofransom w are

known asReveton.
9.

Through ransom ware,Co-conspirator 1 accum ulated victim s'ransom paym entson

GreenDotM oneypaks.
UA DIA LE obtained prepaid debitcard accounts. U sing the online m onikerGiM ike
Roland,''U A DIAI',E would send Co-conspirator 1 the account num bers for those prepaid debit
cards via an online m essaging platform .

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11.

U sing GreenD ot'sonline transfersystem ,Co-conspirator 1w ould transfervictim s'

ransom ware paym ents from GreenDot M oneypaks to the prepaid debit card account num bers
provided by UA DIAI,E .O nce those fundsw ere loaded on theprepaid debitcards,Co-conspirator

1(usingtheonlinemonikerCEKING'')wouldmessageUADIALE thelastfourdigitsoftheloaded
prepaid debitcards and the am ountloaded on each. Co-conspirator 1 would instructUA D IAIIUE

to send a portion ofthose fundsback to Co-conspirator 1through Liberty R eserve.
12.

UA D IAI,E w ould then w ithdraw the loaded ransom w are paym ents from the

prepaid debitcardsas cash atautom ated-teller-m achine orpoint-of-sale locations in the Southern

D istrictofFlorida and elsew here.
Aûerw ithdraw ing the m oney,UA D IAI,E would send aportion ofthe ransom w are
paym entsto Co-conspirator 1 through Liberty R eserve from one orm ore com puterslocated in the
Southern DistrictofFlorida and elsew here. The portion UA D IA LE sentthrough Liberty Reserve
was valued ata dollaram ountequalto an agreed-upon percentage of the ransom w are paym ents.
UA DIAT,E would keep the rem ainder of the ransom w are paym ents for exchange fees and as a
com m ission.
14.

W hen a tinancial institm ion froze or closed a prepaid debit card account for

suspected fraudulentactivity,Co-conspirator 1w ould tellU A DIAI,E thatthe transferoffunds to
thataccounthad failed,and U AD IALE w ould obtain and m essage to Co-conspirator 1 a different
prepaid debitcard accountto use in the schem e.

Al1inviolationofTitle 18,UnitedStatesCode,Section 1956(h).

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CO U N T 2
M oney L aundering

(18U.S.C.j1956(a)(1)(B)(i))
15.

TheGeneralAllegationssection ofthisIndictm entisre-alleged and incop orated

by reference as iffully setforth herein.
16.

O n or aboutM arch 27,2013,in M iam i-D ade and Brow ard Counties,in the

SouthenlDistrictofFlorida,and elsewhere,the defendant,
M Y M O N D O D IG IE UA D IA LE,
a/k/a GM ike R oland,''
did know ingly conduct and attem pt to conduct a financial transaction affecting interstate

comm erce,speciticallythetransferofapproximately $840 worthofLiberty Reservedollarsonthe
Liberty Reserve digital currency platform from an account in the nam e of %tM ike Roland''and
having a ntlm ber ending in -0836 to an account having a num ber ending in -2547, which
transaction involved the proceeds of specified unlaw fulactivity,specifically com puter fraud,in

violation ofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Section 1030(a)(7),knowingthatthepropertyinvolved
in the financial transaction represented the proceeds of som e form of unlaw ful activity,and
know ing thatthe transaction wasdesigned in w hole orin partto concealand disguise the nature,
location,sotlrce,ow nership,and controlofthe proceedsofspecified unlaw fulactivity.

Al1inviolationofTitle18,UnitedStatesCode,Sections1956(a)(1)(B)(i)and2.
FO R FEITUR E A LLEG A TIO N S

(18U.S.C.j982)
Pursuantto Title 18,United States Code,Section 982(a)(1),upon conviction of
Count 1 or 2 ofthis lndictm ent,an offense in violation ofTitle 18,U nited States Code,Section
1956,the defendant,R AY M O N D O D IG IE U A DIALE,a/k/a GM ike R olandr''shallforfeitto

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the United Statesany property,realorpersonal,involved in such offense,orany property traceable
to such property. Theproperty to be forfeited includesbutisnotlim ited to the follow ing:

Approximately One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) in U.S.
currency, in that such sum represents property involved in or traceable to

violationts)ofmoneylaundering.
2.

If any of the forfeitable property described in the forfeiture section of this

Indictm ent,as a resultofany actorom ission ofthe defendant,

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

cannotbelocatedupontheexerciseofduediligence;
hasbeentransferredorsoldto,ordepositedwith,athirdparty;
hasbeenplacedbeyondthejurisdictionoftheCourt;
hasbeensubstantiallydiminishedin value;or
hasbeen commingled with otherproperty which cannotbe subdivided without
difficulty;

itisthe intentoftheUnited States,pursuantto Title21,United StatesCode,Section 8531),as
incorporated by Title 18,United States Code,Section 982(b),to seek forfeittlre ofany other
property ofthe defendantup to the value ofthe above forfeitable property.
A TRUE BILL

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IJNITED STA TES DISTRICT CO URT
SOUTH ERN DISTRICT OF FLO W DA

UNITED STA TES O F A M ER IC A

CA SE NO .

VS.

CERTIFICATE OF TRIM .ATTORNEY *

R AYM O ND O DIGIE UADIALE,
a/k/a RM ikeRoland,''
Defendant.
/

Superseding Case Inform ation:

CourtDivision:(SelectOne)

New Defendantts)

M iami

Key W est -

FTL 7F-

MTB

Yes

Num berofNew Defendants
Totalnumberofcounts

No
2

FTP

ldo hereby certifythat:
1.
Ihavecarefullyconsideredtheallegationsoftheindictment,thenumberofdefendants,thenumberofprobable
witnessesandthelegalcomplexitiesoftheIndictm ent/lnform ation attached hereto.

lam awarethattheinformation supplied on thisstatementwillbe relied uponby the JudgesofthisCourtin
settingtheircalendarsand schedulingcriminaltrialsunderthemandateoftheSpeedyTrialAct,Title28U.S.C.
Section3161.

Intemreter:

(YesorNo)

Listlanguageand/ordialect
Thiscasewilltake

A-5

No
daysforthepartiestotry.

Pleasecheckappropriatecategoryandtypeofoffenselistedbelow:
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0 to 5 days
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6.

HasthiscasebeenpreviouslyfiledinthisDistrictCourt?

lfyes:
Judge:

X

Petty
M inor
M isdem .
Felony

X

NO

(YesorNo)

CaseNo.

Hasacomplain(tAt
be
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dyinotfhdisisma
posti
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Ifyes:
M agistrateCaseNo.
RelatedM iscellaneousnum bers:

(YesorNo)

Defendantts)infederalcustodyasof
Defendantts)instatecustodyasof
Rule20 from theDistrictof

Isthisapotentialdeathpenaltycase?

NO

(YesorNo)

Doesthiscaseoriginate from a matterpending in theN orthern Region ofthe U.S.Attorney'sO ffice priorto
October14,2003?
Yes
X
No
8.

Doesthiscase originate from a m atterpending in the CentralRegion ofthe U .S.Attorney'sOfficepriorto
September1,2007?
Yes
X
No

JARED M .STRAU SS
A SSISTAN T IJNITED STATES ATTORN EY
Florida BarNo./courtNo.A5501264

PenaltySheetts)attached

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT CO URT
SO UTH E RN DISTR ICT O F FLO R IDA
PEN A LTY SH EET

D efendant'sN am e:M YM O N D O DIGIE UA DIA LE . a/k/a RM ike Roland''
C ase N o:

Count #:1
Conspiracy To Com m itM oney Laudering

ln violation ofTitle 18.United StatesCode. Section 195641:)

*M ax.Penalty: Twenty(20)years'imprisonment;$500,000fine, andthree(3)years'supervisedrelease.
Count #:2

s4oney Laundehng
lnviolation ofTitle 18.United StatesCode. Section 1956(a)(1)(B)(i)

*M ax.Penalty: Twenty (20)years'imprisonment;$500,000fine,andthree(3)years'supervisedrelease
.

Count #:3

*M ax.Penalty:
Cotm t #:4

*A1ax.Penalty:
*Refers cnly te possible term ef incaroeration. dees n:t include pcssible fines. restitutien. special
assessments, parele terms or forfeitures that may be applioable.