Four REvil Ransomware Members Sentenced in Rare Russian Cybercrime Convictions
One of the few times Russian hackers have been found guilty of hacking and money laundering crimes is the sentencing of four members of the now-defunct REvil ransomware enterprise to several years in prison.
A court in St. Petersburg found Artem Zaets, Alexei Malozemov, Daniil Puzyrevsky, and Ruslan Khansvyarov guilty of illegally circulating means of payment, according to the Russian news agency Kommersant. Additionally, Puzyrevsky and Khansvyarov were convicted of using and disseminating malware.
Consequently, Zaets and Malozemov received prison terms of 4.5 and 5 years, respectively. Both Khansvyarov and Puzyrevsky were sentenced to 5.5 and 6 years in prison, respectively.
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