A couple of weeks ago, eBay hosted 175 law enforcement officials from local, state, and federal agencies in and around the DC area at its East coast Law Enforcement Training Day (LED). I was unable to attend but I received the following event summary from Jack Christin (pictured above), Senior Regulatory Counsel for eBay Inc. (and die-hard Pittsburgh Steeler fan): (More …)
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, May 4th, 2009
eBay Hosts Law Enforcement Training Day; 5 Minutes with Jack Christin
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Monday, November 24th, 2008
eBay “Lays Down the Law” at 4th Annual Training Event
Hello Everyone,
I wanted to give you a quick look into a very interesting event that I attended this past Tuesday, November 18: eBay’s fourth annual, one-day training event for law enforcement officials. Over 100 federal, state and local U.S. law enforcement officers from the FBI, Department of Homeland Security, U.S Postal Service, the U.S. Secret Service and others were on hand to learn how eBay can help assist them in their investigations with both tools and resources.
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FEATURED POSTRichard Brewer-Hay / Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The Arrest of Vladuz: A Team Effort
On Wednesday, May 14, a joint press conference was conducted by General Inspector of Romanian Police, Questor Gheorghe Popa; Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT), Codrut Olaru; and eBay VP & Chief Information Security Office, Dave Cullinane regarding the the arrest of Vlad Duiculescu (“Vladuz”).
The press conference was an opportunity for eBay to publicly commend and thank the dedication and hard work of Romanian law enforcement in helping bring Vlad to justice.
Following the press conference, I was fortunate to get some time on the phone with Dave Cullinane and his team of security experts to discuss the arrest further. Unfortunately, because the Romanian authorities leading the prosecution have not finalized charges, I was unable to address specific allegations. However, I do plan on pursuing further when that time comes.
I was impressed to learn the extent to which the investigation stretched across many different agencies in different geographies. Dave explained that the arrest was due to a formalized collaboration between eBay and the Romanian General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, the DIICOT and in cooperation with the US Secret Service and the FBI. In addition to those police agencies, authorities in Romania and the US Department of Justice played significant roles in gathering electronic evidence across multiple jurisdictions.
The eBay Fraud Investigations, Information Security, and Legal teams work in a cross-functional, global capacity and have a current headcount of 50 specialists that have formalized relationships with crime and investigation agencies both in the US and abroad to help investigate cases such as this. Given the intricacies of the relationships formed, I would think that the multi-year investigation, and subsequent arrest, will make for an excellent case study in cybercrime detection – and one that eBay can build upon for future cases.
Cheers,
RBH
