AS part of a joint international investigation into a transnational cybercrime network, RCMP Pacific Region Federal Policing investigators in British Columbia have arrested a Surrey resident.
In March, RCMP Pacific Region Federal Policing investigators with the Cybercrime Investigation Team – Vancouver (CIT V) arrested a Lower Mainland resident for operating a network of thousands of infected computers capable of delivering malware. The investigation is ongoing.
This arrest was made as part of Operation Endgame. Operation Endgame is an international joint task force targeting online malware uploaders. EEC-V is supported by the National Cybercrime Coordination Centre (NCC3) and Europol in this operation.
The RCMP-V CET is one of five national RCMP teams working together to combat online crime in Canada. There are CETs in Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver.
“This operation was coordinated with our law enforcement partners from Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the United States,” said Superintendent Adam MacIntosh, officer in charge of the Cybercrime and Financial Crime Investigation Teams in the Pacific Region. “We are working together to make the internet safer for Canadians.”
