Poker Player Arrested For Android Malware ScamMasaaki Kagawa One Of Eight To Be Accused |
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High-stakes poker player Masaaki Kagawa reportedly has been arrested by police in Japan for allegedly, according to Symantec, “distributing spam that included emails with links to download ‘Android.Enesoluty’ — malware used to collect contact details stored on the owner’s device.”
Kagawa was one of eight individuals to be busted.
The operation reportedly ran from around September 2012 to April 2013, stopping only after law enforcement raided the office of the company — Tokyo IT firm Koei Planning.
According to Symantec, around 150 domains were registered to host the malicious apps and “according to media reports, the group was able to collect approximately 37 million email addresses from around 810,000 Android devices. The company earned over 390 million yen (about $3.9 million) by running a fake online dating service called Sakura in the last five months of the spam operation. Spam used to lure victims to the dating site was sent to the addresses collected by the malware.”
Over the past handful of years, Kagawa has accumulated nearly $1.5 million in lifetime poker tournament earnings. In February of this year, he finished third in the $100,000 buy-in high roller event at the Aussie Millions. He cashed for about $330,000.
Kagawa is from Tokyo.
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