UK Charges Five in Connection With Russian Coms Call-Spoofing Empire
UK authorities have charged five people following a National Crime Agency investigation into Russian Coms , one of the most prolific caller-ID spoofing platforms used by scammers worldwide since 2020. The five suspects—28-year-old Ayoub Sehailia, 30-year-old Zakkaria Sehailia, 30-year-old Usman Din, 29-year-old Denis Ozmus, and 53-year-old Fadila Salem—are all from London. They face charges including conspiracy to supply articles for use in connection with fraud, transferring or converting criminal property, and (in Zakkaria Sehailia's case) failing to comply with a notice to provide phone passcodes. All five are scheduled to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on August 14. The Russian Coms Platform Established in 2020, Russian Coms began as a hardware handset before evolving into a web-based application. Both versions were marketed to criminals worldwide, allowing them to mask their identity by making calls that appeared to come from pre-selected numbers—often ba...