ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A California man who prosecutors say exchanged hacking tools and stolen personal information on Russian-language cybercrime forums has been sentenced to nine years in prison.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Virginia, said in a news release that 29-year-old Alexander Tverdokhlebov of Los Angeles was sentenced Friday.
Accordingly to court documents, Tverdokhlebov emigrated from Russia in 2007 and became a U.S. citizen. Prosecutors say he offered several illegal services on the forums, including money laundering.
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He also operated several botnets, which are groups of compromised computers that were used to steal credit card and other financial information.
Tverdokhlebov’s plea agreement puts the losses at $10 million or more.
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