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Israel Extradites Accused Russian Hacker to US - Alexei Burkov, sought by Kremlin in prisoner swap, is instead to stand trial in US for fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering
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Alleged Russian scammer Alexei Burkov appears in U.S. court after extradition battle, by @jeffstone500
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 I was skimming Aleksei Burkov's 2016 indictment (link in article) and noticed this item about a co-conspirator:

Around Nov 20, 2015 a cybercrime forum member posted an ad to sell a database of names & dates of birth of over 191 million Americans

cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 Burkov and a co-conspirator launched the cybercrime forum around Feb 21, 2009
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
@jeffstone500 Indictment count 5 conspiracy to commit access device fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion, wire fraud, money laundering ran from approx Feb 2009 to Dec 13 2015

Overlapping Nov 2015 date info on 191 million Americans was offered for sale on his forum
cyberscoop.com/aleksei-burkov…
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