Ram and his accomplices had three federal civil indictments. The first was in New York for the American Express® Discover®, Visa®, and MasterCard®, et al. cases. The second was in Massachusetts for the JPMorgan Chase®, CitiGroup®, Bank of America® Amegy®, and Wells Fargo®, et al. ATM cases, the third in New Jersey in connection with the various long distance provider company cases, including AT&T®, et al. cases. He was then charged as a terrorist, and subject to a military tribunal when more was learned of his activities. The dynamics of the civilian versus military justice systems are astonishing.
While in Garland, Ram was accused of being the “mastermind of a group of hackers and other suspicious individuals of ill repute” called the ArcticThugs group, which trafficked in two hundred mi
