ACCORDING to SecurityWeek, a 24-year-old Chilean national, Alex Rodrigo Valenzuela Monje, has been extradited to the US over his alleged role in a cybercrime operation trafficking payment card data, and he was arraigned in Utah federal court on charges of trafficking in unauthorized access devices and unlawful transfer of means of identification to facilitate criminal conduct.
Valenzuela Monje, who allegedly operated an illicit online card shop, is accused of running Telegram channels named MacacoCC Collective and Novato Carding from at least May 2021 to August 2023, where he sold dumps of compromised payment card information, including account numbers, card types, expiration dates, CVV/CVC codes, and cardholder names. He is said to have sold cards for most major US brands, with data for approximately 26,000 cards from one brand alone.
He was indicted by a Salt Lake City grand jury in August 2023, and his extradition follow a lengthy process after Chile’s Supreme Court initially approved the US request in April 2025, with arrest subsequently pushed to January 2026. Valenzuela Monje was transferred to US custody on 25 February 2026 and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on 26 February.