Aleksei Volkov, a 26-year-old Russian man, has been sentenced to nearly 13 years in a Southern Indiana federal court for his role in ransomware attacks.
He must pay over $9.1 million in restitution to victims.
Volkov admitted to hacking computer networks with unnamed co-conspirators, stealing data, deploying ransomware, receiving cryptocurrency payments, and splitting the proceeds.
The co-conspirators remain unidentified.
Volkov was arrested in Rome and extradited to the United States for prosecution.
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