Spanish hacker José Luis Huertas, known online as Alcasec, has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison after accepting a plea deal.
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Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans
A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for selling the personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers. […]
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Romanian gets 5 years in prison for hacking Oregon govt network
A Romanian national was sentenced this week to 56 months in federal prison for breaking into an Oregon state government computer network and fr cyberattacks targeting dozens of other U.S. victims. […]
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Sextortionist sentenced to 33 years for targeting 145 children
A Canadian man was sentenced to 33 years in prison after pleading guilty to targeting more than 145 children across the United States, some as young as 6 years old, in an eight-year-long sextortion scheme. […]
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Helping North Korean IT remote workers is becoming a fast track to prison
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for operating “laptop farms” that helped North Korean IT workers gain employment at nearly 70 American companies, generating more than $1.2 million for Pyongyang’s government. Although Matthew Issac Knoot of Nashville, Tennessee, and Erick Ntekereze Prince of New York were sentenced in separate cases, both…
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American duo sentenced for hosting laptop farms for North Korean IT workers
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison for running laptop farms that facilitated North Korea’s expansive remote IT workers scheme, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Matthew Issac Knoot and Erick Ntekereze Prince both received and hosted laptops at their residences to dupe U.S. companies into thinking remote IT workers they hired were…
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$250 million cryptocurrency heist funded luxury fashion, nightclub parties, and private jets
20-year-old California resident Marlon Ferro, known online as “GothFerrari,” was sentenced to 78 months in prison for his role in a cryptocurrency theft operation tied to more than $250 million in stolen digital assets. Federal prosecutors said Ferro participated in a criminal network active between late 2023 and early 2025. Members of the group, based…
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Americans sentenced for running ‘laptop farms’ for North Korea
Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to 18 months in prison each for operating so-called laptop farms that helped North Korean IT workers fraudulently obtain remote employment at nearly 70 American companies. […]
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Crypto gang member gets 6.5 years for role in $230 million heist
A 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for serving as a home invader and money launderer in a criminal ring that stole over $250 million in cryptocurrency. […]
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U.S. court sentences Karakurt ransomware negotiator to 8.5 years
Deniss Zolotarjovs was sentenced to 8.5 years in the U.S. after pleading guilty to money laundering and fraud tied to ransomware. Deniss Zolotarjovs, a Latvian national linked to the Karakurt ransomware gang, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in U.S. prison, marking a significant step in efforts to combat global ransomware operations. “A Latvian national…
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Latvian national sentenced for ransomware attacks run by former Conti leaders
A federal judge sentenced a Latvian national to 102 months in prison for his involvement in a series of ransomware attacks for more than two years prior to his arrest in 2023, the Justice Department said Monday. Deniss Zolotarjovs, a resident of Moscow at the time, helped an organization led by former leaders of the…
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Karakurt extortion gang ‘cold case’ negotiator gets 8.5 years in prison
A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his “cold case” negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group. […]
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Two cybersecurity pros get prison time for helping ransomware gang
Two American cybersecurity professionals were sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating BlackCat ransomware attacks in 2023. They pleaded guilty in December 2025 to one count of conspiracy to obstruct, delay, or affect commerce, or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by extortion. According to court documents, Ryan Goldberg, Kevin Martin,…
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Two US cybersecurity experts sentenced in ransomware case, third awaits July ruling
Two US security experts were sentenced to 4 years for helping ransomware attacks. A third accomplice pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Two US cybersecurity professionals, Ryan Goldberg and Kevin Martin, were sentenced to four years in prison for their role in supporting ransomware attacks. Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy involving extortion. A third individual, Angelo…
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US ransomware negotiators get 4 years in prison over BlackCat attacks
Two former employees of cybersecurity incident response companies Sygnia and DigitalMint were sentenced to four years in prison each for targeting U.S. companies in BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware attacks. […]
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Money launderer linked to $230M crypto heist gets 70 months in prison
22-year-old Evan Tangeman of Newport Beach, California, was sentenced to 70 months in prison for laundering funds stolen in a massive $230 million cryptocurrency heist. […]
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Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts
23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts. […]
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US nationals sentenced for aiding North Korea’s tech worker scheme
Two New Jersey men were sentenced Wednesday for facilitating North Korea’s long-running scheme to plant operatives inside U.S. businesses as employees, generating more than $5 million in illicit revenue for the regime, the Justice Department said. The U.S. nationals — Kejia Wang, also known as Tony Wang, and Zhenxing Wang, also known as Danny Wang…
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Two US nationals jailed over scheme that generated $5 million for the North Korean regime
Two US nationals have been sentenced for their role in a scheme that placed North Korean IT workers inside American companies under false identities. Over several years, the operation used stolen identities from at least 80 US individuals and brought in more than $5 million for the North Korean government. Kejia Wang was sentenced to…
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pcTattleTale stalkerware maker sentence includes fine, supervised release
A federal judge has sentenced the maker of stalkerware pcTattleTale, which went out of business after a data breach, to supervised release and a $5,000 fine. Bryan Fleming pleaded guilty in January to a charge of intentionally manufacturing, possessing or selling a device with the knowledge that it would be primarily used for surreptitious interception…
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Botnet operator behind $14 million in ransomware extortion payments gets 24 months behind bars
A Russian national has been sentenced to 24 months in prison after admitting he managed a botnet used to launch ransomware attacks against dozens of U.S. companies. The judge also imposed a $100,000 fine and ordered him to forfeit $1.6 million linked to the scheme. Court records show that from 2017 to 2021, Ilya Angelov,…
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Russian Hacker Sentenced to 2 Years for TA551 Botnet-Driven Ransomware Attacks
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said a Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison for managing a botnet that was used to launch ransomware attacks against U.S. companies. Ilya Angelov, 40, of Tolyatti, Russia, was also fined $100,000. Angelov, who went by the online aliases “milan” and “okart,” is said to…
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Manager of botnet used in ransomware attacks gets 2 years in prison
A Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting that the phishing botnet he managed was used to launch BitPaymer ransomware attacks against 72 U.S. companies. […]
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Russian access broker sentenced to over 6 years in prison for ransomware schemes
A federal court in Indiana sentenced a Russian cybercriminal to 81 months in prison on charges related to his role as an initial access broker for ransomware groups. Aleksei Volkov, 26, of St. Petersburg, Russia, pleaded guilty in November 2025 to six federal charges stemming from his work with the Yanluowang ransomware group and other…
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Russian initial access broker helped ransomware gangs extort millions, sentenced to 81 months
A Russian citizen, Aleksei Volkov, was sentenced to 81 months in prison for helping ransomware groups carry out attacks causing over $9 million in actual losses and over $24 million in intended losses, after being arrested in Italy and extradited to the United States where he pleaded guilty. According to prosecutors, Volkov was an initial…
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Yanluowang ransomware access broker gets 81 months in prison
A Russian national was sentenced to nearly 7 years in prison after pleading guilty to acting as an initial access broker (IAB) for Yanluowang ransomware attacks. […]
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U.S. Sentences Russian Hacker to 6.75 Years for Role in $9M Ransomware Damage
A 26-year-old Russian citizen has been sentenced in the U.S. to 6.75 years (81 months) in prison for his role in assisting major cybercrime groups, including the Yanluowang ransomware crew, in conducting numerous attacks against U.S. companies and other organizations. According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Aleksei Olegovich Volkov facilitated dozens of ransomware…
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Trio sentenced for facilitating North Korean IT worker scheme from their homes
Three American men were sentenced Friday for crimes they committed in furtherance of North Korea’s vast scheme to get operatives hired at U.S. companies, the Justice Department said. The trio — Audricus Phagnasay, 25, Jason Salazar, 30, and Alexander Paul Travis, 35 — pleaded guilty in November to wire fraud conspiracy for providing U.S. identities…
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$5M Microsoft Activation Key Fraud Ends in Prison Term
A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison for running a years-long scheme that trafficked thousands of illicit Microsoft software activation keys. Heidi Richards, who operated Trinity Software Distribution, was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges tied to the resale of Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity…
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Florida woman imprisoned for massive Microsoft license fraud scheme
A Florida woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for running a massive years-long scheme to traffic thousands of stolen Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity (COA) labels. […]
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Former Defense Contractor Boss Gets 7+ Years for Selling Zero Days
A former general manager of a US defense contractor has been sentenced after selling zero days to Russia
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Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months for selling stolen cyber-exploit trade secrets
Peter Williams, a former executive of Trenchant, L3Harris’ cyber division, has been sentenced to 87 months in prison by a federal judge in Washington, D.C., after pleading guilty to stealing and selling sensitive cyber-exploit trade secrets to a Russian broker. Williams admitted his actions caused the defense contractor an estimated $35 million in losses. The…
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Ukrainian convicted for helping fake North Korean IT workers
A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to five years in prison after helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate American companies using stolen identities, reports Bleepingcomputer. The 39-year-old man from Kiev pleaded guilty in November 2025 to charges including aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit fraud. He has also agreed to surrender assets worth over…
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Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker
A 39-year-old Australian national who was previously employed at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has been sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for selling eight zero-day exploits to Russian exploit broker Operation Zero in exchange for millions of dollars. Peter Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of trade secrets in October…
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Ex-L3Harris exec jailed for selling zero-days to Russian exploit broker
The former head of Trenchant, a specialized U.S. defense contractor unit, was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in federal prison for stealing and selling zero-day exploits to a Russian exploit broker whose clients include the Russian government. […]
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Ex-L3Harris executive sentenced to 87 months in prison for selling zero-day exploits to Russian broker
An ex-L3 Harris executive was sentenced to over seven years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to selling eight zero-day exploits to a Russian broker in exchange for millions of dollars. Williams, 39, admitted to two counts of theft of trade secrets in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., last year, acknowledging he took at…
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North Korean IT worker scam nets Ukrainian five-year sentence in the U.S.
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrainian national, has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. prison for supporting North Korea’s fraudulent IT worker scheme. Didenko admitted stealing U.S.…
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Man gets five years for aiding North Korean IT employment scam
Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, 29, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 5 years in prison for an identity theft scheme that enabled North Korean workers to secure fraudulent employment. He pleaded guilty in November 2025 to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft and agreed to forfeit more than $1.4 million, including about $181,438…
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Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North Korea’s fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme. In November 2025, Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens and selling them to…
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Ukrainian gets 5 years for helping North Koreans infiltrate US firms
A Ukrainian national was sentenced to five years in prison for providing North Korean IT workers with stolen identities that helped them infiltrate U.S. companies. […]
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Nigerian man gets eight years in prison for hacking tax firms
A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts and filing fraudulent tax returns seeking over $8.1 million in refunds. […]
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Men sentenced to 8 years in $1.3 million computer intrusion and tax fraud scheme
Matthew A. Akande, a Nigerian national, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax preparation firms’ computer networks and file fraudulent tax returns. The operation generated over $1.3 million in fraudulent tax refunds.…
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Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for running phony tax refund scheme
A 37-year-old Nigerian man was sentenced to eight years in prison for participating in a five-year cybercrime spree to steal money from the U.S. government through fraudulent tax returns, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Matthew Abiodun Akande was living in Mexico when he and at least four co-conspirators broke into the networks of tax preparation…
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Glendale man gets 5 years in prison for role in darknet drug ring
A Glendale man was sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for his role in a darknet drug trafficking operation that sold cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, and ketamine to customers across the United States. […]
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Bitcoin trading firm CEO gets 20 years for operating $200 million Ponzi scheme
The U.S. Department of Justice sentenced the CEO of a multi level marketing and bitcoin trading firm to 20 years in prison after a conviction for wire fraud and money laundering tied to a large scale Ponzi scheme. Court records show that Ramil Ventura Palafox, 61, owned and controlled Praetorian Group International, known as PGI,…
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US Court Hands Crypto Scammer 20 Years in $73m Case
A federal court has sentenced crypto-scammer Daren Li to 20 years in absentia
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Fugitive behind $73M ‘pig butchering’ scheme gets 20 years in prison
A dual Chinese and St. Kitts and Nevis national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment scheme (also known as pig butchering or romance baiting) that defrauded victims of more than $73 million. […]