Mark Watson Secures 7-year sentence in Operation Tomsk, an Investigation into Frauds Estimated at £168 million

Mark Watson represented the defendant, who was the subject of Operation Tomsk and secured a 7 year sentence.

Operation Tomsk was the international investigation into the defendant, who was a self-taught young man who designed and sold sophisticated phishing kits to fraudsters around the world.

The estimated loss due to the kits is approximately £168 million and impacted the banking systems of countries around the world.

Mark was able to secure an overall sentence of 7 years for the defendant, despite the value of the frauds using his phishing kits.

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