Scammers Pretending to Be Microsoft Had Help from US Executives
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
US executives pleaded guilty to selling phone numbers and infrastructure to tech support scammers impersonating Microsoft and Apple.
Two former executives of C.A. Cloud Attribution Ltd, Adam Young (CEO) and Harrison Gevirtz (CSO), pleaded guilty to knowingly selling phone numbers, call recordings, and call-forwarding services to companies running tech support scams.
The scammers used fake pop-ups to trick victims into calling and impersonating Microsoft and Apple technicians to steal hundreds of dollars and personal financial information. Prosecutors revealed the executives actively coached fraudsters on avoiding detection, rotating phone numbers to prevent account termination, and even ran their own call center in Tunisia participating in the scams.
While they face maximum sentences of three years in prison and $250,000 fines for misprision of a felony, critics question whether this deterrence is sufficient to prevent other infrastructure providers from enabling similar fraud operations.