“In one example, Pinhasi made a ransom payment of about $8,200 but charged the client about $150,000.”
MonsterCloud sold victims a way to get their files back without paying the hackers. The way was paying the hackers. Pinhasi allegedly billed clients more than $19 million and passed about $8 million to the ransom crews. The gangs got paid either way, and he kept the spread.