Key witness in press-release hacking case is sentenced to time served
It look like the legal troubles are over for Alexander Garkusha, one of the key figures in a case involving Wall Street high-rollers and Ukrainian hackers. U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie on Monday sentenced Garkusha, a Georgia real estate developer, to time served for his role in a $30 million scheme to trade stocks based on information gleaned from hacked press releases. The Russian-born U.S. citizen served as a cooperating witness against other defendants. Garkusha has, “in effect, been on probation” since his arrest in August 2015, his attorney said in a court filing. He was arrested in August 2015, along with four others, as part of a criminal securities fraud case that began after hackers breached PR Newswire, Marketwire and Business Wire and gathered unreleased financial news. Authorities said Garkusha traded on that inside information, and he pleaded guilty later that year to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Dearie this week cited Garkusha’s “thorough” and “compelling” testimony in the case […]
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