The 37-year-old hacker Andrei Tyurin was extradited to the US from Georgia in September 2018 after being charged with $19 million fraud and stealing 100 million users’ data.
A Russian hacker, Andrei Tyurin, has received 12 years of jail time in the US for his involvement in a consumer data theft scheme.
According to the court documents, the hacker stole data worth $19 million and impacted over 100 million customers of around a dozen service companies.
According to US Attorney Audrey Strauss, Tyurin played a key role in “orchestrating and facilitating an international hacking campaign” from Moscow’s residence.
An International Hacking Campaign
Apart from targeting US financial institutions, Tyurin carried out cyberattacks against several US and foreign firms between 2007 and 2015 to strengthen the criminal enterprises that Tyurin and his co-conspirators operated, including illegal payment processors and gambling businesses.
Tyurin’s lawyer Florian Miedel claimed that his client only pocketed $5 million. The rest of the amount was to be paid by a co-conspirator Gery Shalon who collected names and contact information from Tyurin for recruiting customers for his illegal gambling business. The authorities also closed-in on Shalon.
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“TYURIN engaged in these crimes at the direction of his partner Gery Shalon, and in furtherance of other criminal schemes overseen and operated by Shalon and his co-conspirators, including securities fraud schemes in the United States,” the Department of Justice’s press release revealed.
