Russian hacker extradited from Georgia to the United States at the request of the FBI

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Read: 863     14:00     14 Март 2023    

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office announced the extradition to the United States of a Russian hacker detained four months ago in Kobuleti.

The FBI put him on the wanted list in the case of hacking computer systems in 2016-2019.

Having created a virus and spread it in Florida, the accused took data from computers and transferred it to others. For this, he received about one million GEL (about $380,000).

Earlier, Rustavi 2 TV reported that this was a Gift from Punks, he worked under the nickname "deep hacker".

The extradition of the accused to the United States was declared permissible by the Tbilisi City Court.

The US Department of Justice stressed the successful and fruitful cooperation with Georgia, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in response expressed readiness to jointly fight crime.

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Russian hacker extradited from Georgia to the United States at the request of the FBI

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Read: 864     14:00     14 Март 2023    

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office announced the extradition to the United States of a Russian hacker detained four months ago in Kobuleti.

The FBI put him on the wanted list in the case of hacking computer systems in 2016-2019.

Having created a virus and spread it in Florida, the accused took data from computers and transferred it to others. For this, he received about one million GEL (about $380,000).

Earlier, Rustavi 2 TV reported that this was a Gift from Punks, he worked under the nickname "deep hacker".

The extradition of the accused to the United States was declared permissible by the Tbilisi City Court.

The US Department of Justice stressed the successful and fruitful cooperation with Georgia, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in response expressed readiness to jointly fight crime.

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