Russian hacker extradited to USA faces 80 years in prison

The activities of Alexey Burkov led to “fraudulent purchases on the credit cards of US citizens in the amount of more than $20 million.” Writes about this Tass.Ru.

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US authorities accuse Russian Alexei Burkov extradited from Israel of fraud, conspiracy, identity theft and money laundering, he faces up to 80 years in prison.

“Burkov is accused of wire fraud, data access device fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud, hacking of computer systems, identity theft and money laundering. If convicted of all charges, he faces up to 80 years in prison,” the US Department of Justice said in a statement. However, as the department noted, usually “actual sentences for federal crimes are less than the maximum punishment” provided for by law.

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In particular, American authorities suspect that Burkov operated the Cardplanet website, which sold stolen bank card numbers, many of which belonged to US citizens. This activity resulted in “more than $20 million in fraudulent purchases using American credit cards.”

In addition, Burkov is accused of running another website that “served as an invite-only club where cybercriminals could advertise property they had stolen, such as personal data, as well as malware and criminal services such as money laundering and hacking.”

Burkov was brought to the United States on Monday evening, on Tuesday he appeared before a federal court in Alexandria (Virginia). The next hearing at which the issue of the arrest of the Russian will be resolved is scheduled for Friday, November 15.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• At the end of October, the head of the Israeli Ministry of Justice, Amir Ohana, signed decision to extradite a Russian Alexei Burkov in the USA.
• Israeli authorities extradited to the US Russian hacker Alexey Burkov. The extradition process took place on Tuesday night, November 12, Burkova’s lawyer Mikhail Ironi confirmed.

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