**Troy Murray**, 57, who operated under the alias Steve Dixon, pleaded guilty in January 2026 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He was sentenced on Thursday to 121 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to forfeit $5.2 million. Prosecutors revealed that Murray's alias was so well-known within Jamaican scamming circles that it was even referenced in a song lyric by a Jamaican artist in 2022. ### Years-Long Data Selling Scheme According to court documents, Murray engaged in selling lead lists from 2016 to 2023. These lists contained sensitive information, including names, phone numbers, physical addresses, and email addresses, of elderly Americans. This data was then used by scammers in Jamaica and elsewhere to perpetrate lottery fraud. Murray reportedly earned hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, typically charging $500 for lists containing 100 to 300 names. When wire transmission services blocked him, he requested payments in prepaid gift cards. He allegedly sent at least 22,000 lead lists throughout the scheme, generating over $5.2 million for himself and causing victim losses exceeding $9.5 million. ### Laundering the Ill-Gotten Gains Murray used the illegal proceeds to purchase farm equipment, vehicles, and precious metal collectibles. He also transferred some of the funds to his son, Cutter Murray, for personal and business expenses. In June 2025, the Justice Department revealed that Cutter Murray will plead guilty to one count of money laundering for receiving and laundering $1.6 million of the fraudulent funds. ### Elder Fraud on the Rise Murray's sentencing underscores the escalating problem of elder fraud. The **FBI's** 2025 Internet Crime Report indicates that elderly Americans aged 60 and older filed over 200,000 fraud complaints last year, marking a 37% increase compared to 2024. These victims reported total losses of nearly $7.8 billion, a staggering 59% year-over-year rise, with the average loss per complainant reaching $38,500. This week, the U.S. Justice Department also filed insider trading charges against a **Google** security engineer, accusing him of using confidential company data to place bets on the cryptocurrency-based decentralized prediction market Polymarket. <div> <h2><a rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://hubs.li/Q048zztN0">The Validation Gap: Automated Pentesting Answers One Question. You Need Six.</a></h2> <p>Automated pentesting tools deliver real value, but they were built to answer one question: can an attacker move through the network? They were not built to test whether your controls block threats, your detection rules fire, or your cloud configs hold.</p> <p>This guide covers the 6 surfaces you actually need to validate.</p> <p><a rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://hubs.li/Q048zztN0">Download Now</a></p> </div>