Russian admin of cybercrime marketplace Deer.io jailed in US

Russian admin of cybercrime marketplace Deer.io jailed in US

Kirill Victorovich Firsov, a Russian Citizen has been jailed for 30 months (2.5 years) in US prison for running popular cybercrime marketplace Deer.io.


According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ), Kirill Victorovich Firsov has been sentenced to 30 months in custody because of his role as the “administrator of a website that catered to cybercriminals by virtually selling items such as stolen credit card information, other personal information, and services to be used for criminal activity.”


On January 21, 2021, the Russian hacker had pleaded guilty to the “Unauthorized Solicitation of Access Devices.” The maximum penalty of this charge was up to ten years in prison and around a $250,000 fine.


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According to presiding U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant, when deciding about the sentencing, it was acknowledged that Firsov had spent fifteen months in the U.S. prison system already. He will be deported to Russia after serving his term.


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Deer.io was among the top-rated platforms on the internet before it was seized by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) last year. Before its demise, Deer.io was also known as a major platform for selling data obtained from compromised devices, hacked social media accounts, PII, and financial data.

The site administrator was a then-28-year-old Russian national, Kirill Victorovich Firsov. The FBI arrested him from JFK Airport, New York, in 2020 while trying to board a plane to Moscow, Russia.



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