PICDO

Public International Cybercrime Disruption Organisation

PICDO, a 501(c)(3) Tax Deductible Charitable Foundation, works to save tens of thousands of people from slavery every year by disrupting cyber crime syndicate infrastructure, at source and at scale. 

Education

Disrupt cybercrime through education and advocacy.

To avoid becoming a victim of cybercrime, we all need to educate ourselves and take responsibility for our own online security and safety. This means using safe online practices and being aware of how cyber criminals and hackers try to obtain your personal information.

Become a Citizen Disruptor

Help us to disrupt Pig Butchering cyber crime and human trafficking at scale. Join us today by contacting us and choosing “Citizen Disruptor” from the dropdown list.

Don’t Ignore Scammers, Play Along and Disrupt.

When you receive an email, phone call, eBay, or WhatsApp inquiry from a scammer, you might be tempted to ignore them or respond with insults. However, you can help reduce heartache, and massive financial losses for your fellow citizens by helping PICDO to disrupt these criminal networks.​

How

Report a Cybercrime

Common types of cybercrime include hacking, romance and financial scams, fraud, identity theft, attacks on computer systems, and illegal or prohibited online content.

We can assist in identifying the perpetrator and referring the case to law enforcement for prosecution.

Team

Michael Roberts - Co-Founder

Michael is a licensed private investigator who, previously coordinated digital forensics and counter-hacking education for the U.S. Air Force, Marines, Army & Navy. Other clients included NATO, the Australian military, and the United Nations to name just a few. Michael now consults for private and law enforcement clients. Michael has helped bullied schoolchildren, celebrities, CEOs, and Heads-of-State.

Jan Santiago - Co-Founder

A PhD scientist by training, Jan has been blogging about the Chinese cyberscams industry and cryptocurrency regulations since 2021. He co-founded a US non-profit, PICDO, which advocates for scam and human trafficking victims of cyberscam syndicates through disruption, and is a consultant on those topics for the United States Institute of Peace, Global-Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, and blockchain forensics firm Chainbrium.

Anna Brown - Cyber Investigator

Anna is a licensed private investigator who specializes in Social Engineering engagements to unmask anonymous bad actors. She uses visualization and timeline tools to transform raw cyber investigation findings into visual formats, which help judges and juries to understand the bad-actor’s complicity in malicious activities.

John

John has 28 years of federal government experience and 23 years in law enforcement, including multiple divisions of the FBI and the Department of Defense, as well as assisting City, County and State officers and prosecutors within the USA and Globally.​