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A Greek court has approved the U.S. extradition of a 38-year-old Russian national accused of laundering more than $4 billion in bitcoin for culprits involved in hacking attacks, tax fraud and drug trafficking with the help of the now-defunct BTC-e exchange.
Alexander Vinnik, an alleged operator of BTC-e—a digital currency exchange service that has been in operation since 2011 but seized by
A Canadian man charged with hacking into Yahoo! under the order of Russian intelligence officers waived his right to an extradition hearing and will now be transported to U.S. custody. Karim Baratov, 22, was arrested in March by Toronto police for allegedly breaching personal accounts tied to Yahoo! and other email providers between 2014 and 2016. Authorities said Beratov served as a contractor for Russia’s Federal Security Services (FSB). He faces 10 counts, including wire fraud and computer hacking. Baratov’s lawyer has said he may consider a plea deal in return for less chargers. The Justice Department has said that Baratov conducted cyber-espionage under the order of two FSB officers, Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin. Federal prosecutors estimate that the scheme led to upwards 500 million compromised Yahoo! accounts. CBC first reported the extradition agreement. When “a target of interest had accounts at webmail providers other than Yahoo, including through […]
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Russia’s foreign ministry on Wednesday accused the U.S. of “kidnapping” Yury Martyshev, a Latvian man with Russian citizenship who is accused of committing cybercrime. Former U.S. law enforcement officials, however, say that what Russia considers kidnapping is in reality a legitimate and legal effort to arrest a criminal. Martyshev was arrested overseas and extradited to the U.S. late last month to face charges in a Virginia court. He is accused of helping run one of “the largest” hacking marketplaces on the dark web, where customers could trade and purchase illegal penetration, vulnerability and malware testing tools, according to unsealed court documents. He was originally indicted in October 2016. Some experts believe Martyshev was behind the infamous Scan4You service, which went down earlier this year. In a statement posted to the Russian Embassy’s Facebook page, a spokesperson called for the U.S. to return Martyshev, who is also known as Jurijs Martisevs, in order to recognize the “legitimate rights […]
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Family of autistic man says it will appeal against home secretary’s decision. Continue reading Lauri Love faces hacking trial in US after UK signs extradition order
Gary Davis of Ireland faces a minimum sentence of 10 years if convicted in the US. An Irish court has said he has to go and face the music. Continue reading Silk Road suspect “Libertas” can be extradited to US, says court
An Irish judge has ruled on the extradition of Gary Davis, suspected of being Silk Road staffer Libertas. Continue reading Court Rules to Extradite Suspected Silk Road Admin From Ireland to the US
Marcel Lazar Lehel aka “Guccifer” – an infamous Romanian hacker who hacked into the emails and social networking accounts of numerous high profile the US and Romanian Politicians – appeared in the United States court for the first time after extradition.
Following Romania’s top court approval last month, Guccifer was extradited to the United States recently from Romania, his home country,
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