Philippines-based American pleads guilty to running expansive fraud scheme targeting US servicemembers

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Summary by Cyber Security News21 Oct 2026, 01:36 CET

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A 45-year-old U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to running a widespread identity theft and fraud scheme that defrauded thousands of U.S. servicemembers and veterans while living in the Philippines, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Robert Wayne Boling Jr. exploited stolen personally identifiable information (PII) to compromise victims’ bank accounts and steal their money and veterans’ benefits during a five-year period ending in July 2019, according to court records.

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