According to the federal prosecutor, theRussian citizen Nikita Kuzmin wassentenced to 37 months of prison time and to a 6.8 million dollar fine. He had been arrested back in 2010 and when he agreed to plead guilty, his sentence was reduced.
The Gozi Virus.
The Gozi virus which was created by him back in 2007 quickly became the most destructive virus in the history ofprogramming, as it was able to steal tens of millions of dollars. His virus managed to infect over one million computers. Moreover, 40,000 of them were from the United States of America, and the virus managed to steal personal information like online bank account passwords.
It was reported back in 2013 that he had succeeded to withdraw almost 50 million dollars, of which certain amounts belonged to NASA. Three years ago, prosecutorPreet Bharara mentioned that Kuzmin risked being sentenced to 95 years of jail time. According to the prosecution documents, Kuzmin was arrested in the United States the day after he had arrived in San Francisco and he pleaded guilty in May 2011 by agreeing to cooperate with the authorities. For the full article click here
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