A massive international cybercrime scheme that relied on Internet viruses to loot millions of dollars from U.S. and foreign bank accounts has been broken, federal law enforcement officials said.

Federal authorities announced charges Thursday afternoon against 60 people worldwide in connection with the scheme, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said, an expansion on the Tuesday arrest of 19 people in London accused of stealing nearly $10 million from U.K. banks. Federal prosecutors accused the defendants of using "a potent strain" of the Zeus Trojan and other Internet viruses to siphon the money from bank accounts in the U.S. and abroad.

Thirty-seven U.S. citizens were charged with snatching at least $3 million from American bank accounts at the news conference in New York City, where nine of the accused were arrested. There are still 17 accused who remain at large, the FBI said, and they are actively seeking their arrest.

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Just two years ago the large, well-coordinated cyber-crime that made off with $13 million would have been headline news all around the world. Now the paltry proceeds that the criminals received for all the effort they expended appears foolhardy compared to the looting of America by the obuma administration and the corrupt congress.

The cyber-criminal broke laws and were captured. They'll have to give back their loot.

The government made laws to justify their actions and to hide behind. They get to keep all their loot plus the donations from the PACs and lobbyists, and they get pensions and lifetime medical care (NOT obuma-care).

Crime doesn't pay. (If you're an amateur criminal.)