Security News > 2018 > October > Bloke gets six months for fixing up Russia's US election trolls with bank accounts, fake identities
2018-10-11 19:36
Pinedo avoids serious time after spilling beans to Mueller on account sales A California man who provided bank accounts to Russian online trolls seeking to monkey with America's 2016 elections will spend the next six months or so behind bars.…
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