Lithuanian pleads guilty in US to massive fraud against Google, Facebook

FILE PHOTO - Evaldas Rimasauskas (L) is seated ahead of a verdict announcement in his extradition case at a court in Vilnius, Lithuania on July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Andrius Sytas/File Photo

NEW YORK: A Lithuanian man on March 20 pleaded guilty to US charges that he helped orchestrate a scheme to defraud Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google out of more than US$100mil (RM406.05mil), federal prosecutors announced.

Evaldas Rimasauskas, 50, entered his plea to one count of wire fraud before US District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan. He faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison at his sentencing, currently scheduled for July 24.