A Russian businessman was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for his involvement in an elaborate hack-to-trade scheme that netted approximately $93 million through securities trades based on confidential corporate information stolen from U.S. computer networks.
Vladislav Klyushin, a/k/a “Vladislav Kliushin,” 42, of Moscow, Russia, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to nine years in prison. Klyushin was also ordered to forfeit $34,065,419 and pay restitution in an amount that will be determined at a later date. In February 2023, Klyushin was convicted by a federal jury of securities fraud, wire fraud, gaining unauthorized access to computers, and conspiracy to commit those crimes. Klyushin was arrested in Sion, Switzerland in March 2021 and extradited to the United States in December 2021.
Klyushin was charged along with two Russian co-conspirators: Ivan Ermakov and Nikolai Rumiantcev. Two others, Mikhail Vladimirovich Irzak and Igor Sergeevich Sladkov, were charged in a separate indictment. All four co-conspirators remain at large….
Source: Russian Businessman Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison in $93 Million Hack-to-Trade Conspiracy
