Tony Sales, whose criminal career generated £30m through false identities, credit cards and other fraudulent schemes, will be sharing his insight at EiG in Barcelona on Wednesday, October 9.
The one-hour workshop interview, in association with payments and ID validation specialist Jumio, will highlight how Sales stole player identities, maxed-out payment cards and targeted different operators and platforms during a six-year criminal career.
“I could gain the login details of a customer of a gaming website,” explained Sales. “I would only play small to start with and maybe work it for several weeks, depending on how much the customer had in their account.
“I could then change the customer address to match a card I have then simply cash out the customer’s winnings straight into the account I would have control over. Customers’ addresses are stored in the back end of the gaming sites.
“So now I have the customer’s address I can take my bankcard straight into the bank and change the address. Then I just change the card details on the site – it’s as simple as that!”
Kate Chambers, portfolio director responsible for EiG, said: “Having a convicted fraudster at an EiG workshop is obviously quite contentious. However, Tony has made the 180-degree transition from being an elite career criminal to a top-level consultant who advises C-level executives in banking, retail and online businesses.
“We’ve had a great response to this initiative and I believe it is exactly the type of issue that EiG should be dealing with and most importantly helping the industry to get to grips with.”
