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COPS AND CARDERS

Max Vision, born Max Butler. Ran Carders Market under the handle Iceman. Also known as Ghost23, Generous, Digits, Aphex, and the Whiz.

Christopher Aragon, aka Easylivin’, Karma, and the Dude. Max’s partner on Carders Market, who ran a lucrative credit card counterfeiting ring fueled by Max’s stolen data.

Script. A Ukrainian seller of stolen credit card data and founder of CarderPlanet, the first carder forum.

King Arthur. The Eastern European phisher and ATM cashout king who took over CarderPlanet from Script.

Maksik. The Ukrainian carder Maksym Yastremski, who replaced Script as the underground’s top vendor of stolen credit card data.

Albert Gonzalez, aka Cumbajohnny and SoupNazi. An administrator on Shadowcrew, the largest crime site on the Web until the Secret Service took it down.

David Thomas, aka El Mariachi. A veteran scammer who ran a carding forum called the Grifters as an intelligence-gathering operation for the FBI.

John Giannone, aka Zebra, Enhance, MarkRich, and the Kid. A young carder from Long Island who worked with Max online and with Chris Aragon in real life.

J. Keith Mularski, aka Master Splyntr, Pavel Kaminski. The Pittsburgh-based FBI agent who took over DarkMarket in a high-stakes undercover operation.