Shaileshkumar P. Jain

IRL Name: 
Shaileshkumar P. Jain
Biography: 

Jain is a United States citizen who has ties to Brazil, Canada, India and the Ukraine. According to the FBI, "Shaileshkumar P. Jain, along with his co-conspirator, Bjorn Daniel Sundin, is wanted for his alleged involvement in an international cybercrime scheme that caused internet users in more than 60 countries to purchase more than one million bogus software products, resulting in consumer loss of more than $100 million. It is alleged that from December 2006 to October 2008, through fake advertisements placed on legitimate companies’ websites, Jain and his accomplices deceived internet users into believing that their computers were infected with malware or had other critical errors in order to encourage them to purchase “scareware” software products that had limited or no ability to remedy the purported defects."

Facts

On May 26, 2010, Jain was indicted in Chicago, Illinois, by a federal grand jury for the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois.

He was indicted for wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud and computer fraud.

One of FBI's Most Wanted Cyber Criminals

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