Cybercrime Men Who Hacked Law Enforcement Database for Doxing Sentenced to Prison Sagar Steven Singh and Nicholas Ceraolo, members of the Vile group, get prison sentences for identity theft and hacking. Eduard KovacsJune 5, 2025
Cybercrime Prison Sentence for Man Involved in SEC X Account Hack Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to prison for hacking SEC’s official X account and publishing fraudulent posts increasing Bitcoin value. Ionut ArghireMay 19, 2025
Cybercrime Indiana Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Hacking, $37 Million Crypto Theft Evan Light was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for hacking an investment holdings company and stealing $37 million in cryptocurrency. Ionut ArghireFebruary 10, 2025
Cybercrime Another NetWalker Ransomware Affiliate Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence in US A second individual accused of being involved in NetWalker ransomware attacks, a Romanian national, has received a 20-year prison sentence. Eduard KovacsDecember 20, 2024
Cybercrime Ukrainian Raccoon Infostealer Operator Sentenced to Prison in US Raccoon Infostealer MaaS operator Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced to 60 months in prison in the US and agreed to pay over $910,000 in restitution. Ionut ArghireDecember 19, 2024
Tracking & Law Enforcement Man Accused of SQL Injection Hacking Gets 69-Month Prison Sentence Vitalii Antonenko has been sentenced to 69 months in prison for hacking, but he is being released as he has been detained since 2019. Eduard KovacsDecember 17, 2024
Cybercrime Man Who Stole and Laundered Roughly $1B in Bitcoin Is Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein, who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices, has been sentenced to five years in prison. Associated PressNovember 15, 2024
Cybercrime Idaho Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Hacking, Data Theft, Extortion Robert Purbeck was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing the personal information of over 132,000 people. Ionut ArghireNovember 14, 2024
Cybercrime US Prison Sentences for Nigerian Cybercriminals Surge in Recent Months A significant number of Nigerian cybercriminals have been sent to prison in recent months in the United States, and some of them received lengthy... Eduard KovacsNovember 8, 2024
Cybercrime US Sentences Nigerian to 26 Years in Prison for Stealing Millions Through Phishing Kolade Akinwale Ojelade was sentenced to 26 years in prison in the US for compromising email accounts through phishing and stealing millions. Ionut ArghireNovember 4, 2024
Cybercrime Four REvil Ransomware Group Members Sentenced to Prison in Russia Four members of the REvil ransomware group, arrested in 2022, were last week sentenced to prison by a Russian court. Eduard KovacsOctober 28, 2024
Fraud & Identity Theft Two Nigerians Sentenced to Prison in US for BEC Fraud Franklin Ifeanyichukwu Okwonna and Ebuka Raphael Umeti were sentenced to prison in the US for business email compromise (BEC) fraud. Ionut ArghireSeptember 5, 2024
Cybercrime Russian Sentenced to Prison in US for Selling Stolen Information Georgy Kavzharadze was sentenced to prison in the US for selling stolen financial, login, and personal information on an online cybercriminal marketplace. Ionut ArghireAugust 15, 2024
Malware & Threats Ukrainian Sentenced to Prison in US for Role in Zeus, IcedID Malware Operations Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in the Zeus and IcedID malware operations. Ionut ArghireJuly 15, 2024
Cybercrime Ukrainian REvil Ransomware Affiliate Gets 13 Years in US Prison Yaroslav Vasinskyi was sentenced to 13 years and seven months in prison for his alleged role in the REvil ransomware operation. Ionut ArghireMay 3, 2024
Cybercrime Former Security Engineer Sentenced to Prison for Hacking Crypto Exchanges Former security engineer Shakeeb Ahmed was sentenced to prison for hacking and defrauding cryptocurrency exchanges. Ionut ArghireApril 15, 2024
Cybercrime Moldovan Operator of Credential Marketplace Sentenced to US Prison Sandu Diaconu has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for operating a marketplace for compromised credentials. Ionut ArghireMarch 18, 2024
Cybercrime LockBit Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced to Prison in Canada Mikhail Vasiliev was sentenced to prison in Canada and faces additional charges in the US for his role in the LockBit ransomware operation. Ionut ArghireMarch 13, 2024
Cybercrime JFK Airport Taxi Hackers Sentenced to Prison Two individuals involved in hacking the taxi dispatch system at JFK airport have been sentenced to prison. Eduard KovacsFebruary 13, 2024
Cybercrime DraftKings Hacker Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison Joseph Garrison has received an 18-month prison sentence for accessing 60,000 DraftKings user accounts using credential stuffing. Ionut ArghireFebruary 2, 2024