Topic: cybercrime sentencing
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Ryuk Ransomware Member Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison
Karen Serobovich Vardanyan was sentenced to 24 months in prison for acting as an initial access broker for the Ryuk ransomware group, which targeted U.S. corporations by encrypting their data and demanding payment. Prosecutors revealed that Vardanyan and his co-conspirators extracted approximatel...
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Com member jailed for blackmail and sextortion
Justin Swaddle, a 20-year-old from Leeds, received a two-year prison sentence for his role in "The Com," a cybercrime collective that extorted 117 young female victims globally, coercing them into self-harm and sexual abuse through threats to leak intimate images. The NCA investigation revealed S...
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Ransomware Botnet Operator Sentenced to 24 Months
A Russian national, Ilya Angelov, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and fined for operating the prolific "Mario Kart" ransomware botnet, which infected thousands of computers daily from 2017 to 2021. The botnet was monetized by selling access to compromised systems to other criminals, who depl...
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Botnet Manager Sentenced to 2 Years for Ransomware Role
A Russian national, Ilya Angelov, was sentenced to two years in U.S. prison for co-leading a sophisticated phishing botnet operation (known as Mario Kart/TA551) that infected thousands of systems daily and facilitated ransomware attacks against American businesses. From 2017 to 2021, the cybercri...
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Ransom Cartel creator gets 16-year prison sentence
Maksim Silnikau, a Belarusian national and creator of the Ransom Cartel ransomware operation, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for attacks on at least 18 companies worldwide, with confirmed losses of $6.7 million and extortion demands exceeding $5.2 million. Silnikau recruited affiliates via u...
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Russian Hacker Gets 81 Months for Aiding Ransomware Gangs
Aleksei Volkov, a Russian national, was sentenced to 81 months in U.S. prison for his role as an initial access broker, facilitating ransomware attacks that caused over $9 million in confirmed losses. Volkov specialized in exploiting network vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to corporat...
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Police Chiefs Cite TfL Hack to Push for Cybercrime Orders
UK law enforcement officials are using the sentencing of two men linked to the 2024 TfL cyber-attack to advocate for Cybercrime Risk Orders (CCROs), which they argue would fill critical gaps in managing underage and high-risk cyber offenders. The TfL attack, costing £29 million in damages and aff...
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Ransomware negotiator who defrauded clients gets 70 months in prison
A former ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint received a 70-month federal prison sentence for sharing confidential client data with the BlackCat ransomware group and later actively participating in attacks against those clients. The individual betrayed his role by feeding internal intelligence t...
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