US court sentenced Russians to 3 years in prison for cyber fraud

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Russian citizen 41-year-old Maxim Senakha received more than three years in prison for cyber fraud. About it on the Online reported the US Department of Justice.

According to court documents, the Senes and his accomplices created a malicious program Eburythat collected login credentials from infected computer servers, allowing the Senach and its allies to create and manage a botnet containing tens of thousands of infected servers worldwide, including thousands in the United States. Senah with accomplices used a botnet Ebury to generate and redirect Internet traffic to develop various spam fraud schemes that fraudulently transferred millions of dollars to cyber fraudsters.

“The defendant and his accomplices tried to transform the network of thousands of infected computers in the United States and around the world into their personal cash registers,” it was informed. “But cybercriminals, such as Senah, should pay attention: they are not protected from accusations in the United States just because they operate from afar or behind a veil of technology. We have a way and a solution to identify, find and prosecute them. ”

41-year-old Maxim Senah from Veliky Novgorod, Russia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison and will be deported after being released from prison.

Maxim Senakh was detained in Finland in August 2015, at the request of the United States. The following February, he was extradited to the United States. In March, 2017, he pleaded guilty.

“Today’s sentence sends a powerful message to international cybercriminals who mistakenly believe they can defraud the American people with impunity,” the Special Agent said. “The FBI is committed to working closely with our global law enforcement partners to investigate criminal enterprises like this and hold those responsible accountable for their crimes, wherever they are.”

In the US, several Russians have been convicted or are under investigation for cyber fraud. In July to five years in prison was sentenced programmer Mark Vartanyan.

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