A North Carolina-based businessman has been indicted on charges of organizing a $2B cybercrime scheme.
If found guilty on all charges, he could face multiple decades in prison.
- Greg Lindberg, 53, of Durham allegedly planned to invest $2B in multiple insurance companies, most of which were in the liquidation process.
- The scheme was planned during 2016- 2019.
- Lindberg is charged with the following:
- one count of conspiracy to commit crimes in connection with an insurance business,
- wire fraud and investment advisor fraud,
- one count of wire fraud,
- four counts of false insurance business statements presented to regulators,
- six counts of false entries about the financial condition or solvency of an insurance business,
- one count of money laundering conspiracy,
- and attempt to bribe an official.
- The businessman was previously North Carolina's largest political donor.
- These charges are based on proof that they gathered over five years of research, a process where during which it gathered 7 million documents.