Overview

• The Department of Justice charged YunHe Wang with operating the 911 S5 Botnet, infecting over 19 million IP addresses.
• Wang allegedly used the botnet to facilitate financial fraud, bomb threats, and child exploitation, generating billions in illicit gains.
• Authorities seized $30 million in assets and identified additional property worth another $30 million during the investigation.
• The botnet targeted COVID-19 relief programs, filing over 560,000 fraudulent claims and stealing $5.9 billion.
• International cooperation with Singapore, Thailand, and Germany was crucial in dismantling the botnet and arresting Wang.