Five New York men were arrested Monday in connection with an alleged cyberheist scheme that targeted two Middle Eastern banks and caused $45 million in losses to the global financial system in just hours over the past year, federal prosecutors said. The five men – Anthony Diaz; Saul Franjul, also known as "Conejo"; Saul Genao, also known as "Cocolito" and "Ely Genao"; Jaindhi Polanco; and Jorge Angeley Valerio, also known as "Zikkytakki" – are between 23 and 29 in age, and each face up to 7.5 years in prison, a forfeiture and a fine of up to $250,000. The men were members of the New York-based cell of a global syndicate that hacked into the systems of financial institutions, stole prepaid debit card data and made fraudulent automated teller machine withdrawals on a global scale, grand jurors alleged in a superseding indictment. Prepaid debit cards, especially ones issued by non-U.S. banks for which the transactions are processed by service providers that are under less oversight
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