Israel extradited a Russian hacker to the United States despite Moscow protests

Israeli authorities extradited the Russian hacker Alexei Burkov to the United States. He is suspected of involvement in banking security crimes, in particular, theft from bank cards. The extradition process, which took place on Tuesday night, November 12, was confirmed by Burkova’s lawyer Mikhail Ironi. Writes about this "Voice of America".

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On November 10, the Israeli Supreme Court rejected Burkov’s appeal against the decision of Justice Minister Amir Ohana to extradite him to the United States. This decision was made despite the protests of Russia.

Moscow had previously requested that Burkova be returned to their homeland. The Russian authorities offered to exchange Burkova for Israeli Naama Issahar, convicted in early October in Russia to 7 and a half years in prison for drug possession and smuggling. During the search at the Moscow airport, she was found in luggage about 9,6 grams of hashish. Issakhar acknowledged the possession of the drug, but categorically denied the smuggling charges for which she was convicted. Israeli media claimed that the Israeli woman was allegedly taken hostage to exchange Burkova.

Even the relatives of Israeli Naama Issachar applied to the court to cancel Burkov’s extradition. This was due to the fact that Russia also submitted a request for the extradition of Burkov - and asked to return him to his homeland instead of handing him over to the United States, writes with the BBC.

In early November, the court, at the request of the girl’s relatives, issued a temporary ban on the extradition of the Russian; however, in the end, they themselves withdrew this request, after which the court, in turn, again allowed the extradition of the Russian to the United States.

Relatives of Issakhar said that she became a diplomatic hostage because of the desire of the Russian authorities to exchange her for Burkova. They also added that they are fully confident that the Israeli authorities will be able to achieve the liberation of Issahar.

Israeli authorities also appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking for pardon of Issachar.

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In December 2015, a resident of St. Petersburg Burkov was arrested at the Tel Aviv airport at the request of the United States. The US justice authorities charged him with crimes in the IT field. Burkov was the creator of the site for the sale of stolen data, as well as a forum for hacker communication.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• At the end of OctoberIsraeli Justice Minister Amir Ohana signed decision to extradite a Russian Alexei Burkov in the USA.

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