06.02.2026
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Two men from Glastonbury, Connecticut, have been federally charged in a large-scale online gambling fraud scheme that allegedly used the stolen personal information of approximately 3,000 victims to generate nearly $3 million in illicit profits from FanDuel and other gambling platforms.
A federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 45-count indictment against Amitoj Kapoor and Siddharth Lillaney, both 29. The defendants were arrested and later released on $300,000 bond each. According to prosecutors, from 2021 through 2026, the pair purchased stolen personally identifiable information (PII) from darknet marketplaces and via Telegram, then used that data to create thousands of fraudulent accounts on online gambling platforms, including FanDuel, DraftKings, and BetMGM.
The scheme allegedly targeted new-user incentives such as promotional credits and bonus bets. Any winnings from those bonus bets were transferred to virtual stored-value cards and subsequently moved into bank and investment accounts controlled by the defendants.
Court documents allege that Kapoor and Lillaney subscribed to background-check services like TruthFinder and BeenVerified to obtain additional personal details needed to pass identity verification checks during account registration. Kapoor is also accused of maintaining a spreadsheet titled Tracker.xlsx, which contained victims’ names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security numbers. Investigators cite text messages in which Kapoor discussed validating Social Security numbers and rapidly creating accounts without needing further verification.
The charges include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, multiple counts of wire fraud, identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering. Collectively, the offenses carry potential sentences totaling decades in prison. Authorities emphasize that the indictment is an allegation, and both defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
