Security News > 2017 > July > Russian Hacker Living in U.S. Sentenced to Prison (Security Week)
2017-07-11 08:38
A Russian-born U.S. citizen has been sentenced to 110 months in prison for running a sophisticated cybercrime operation that involved botnets, stolen financial data and money laundering. Alexander Tverdokhlebov, 29, has been living in Los Angeles. He emigrated from Russia in 2007 and later obtained U.S. citizenship. read more
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