Tag: sentencing
Empire Market founder gets 40 years for a $430M dark web bazaar
A Virginia man who co-ran the marketplace from 2018 to 2020 will spend four decades behind bars.
Engineer who locked his own employer out gets prison time
A core infrastructure engineer wiped admin accounts and demanded 20 bitcoin from the firm that employed him.
Army hacker Kiberphant0m lands 70 months for telecom extortion
A US soldier who stole call records from AT&T and others as the persona Kiberphant0m was sentenced to 70 months…
764 offshoot leader gets record 77-year term for abuse spree
Kyle Spitze, an original 764 member, draws the longest federal sentence yet imposed on a nihilistic violent extremist.
Insider contractor gets two years for Brightly Software extortion
A contractor got two years for extorting Brightly Software with stolen payroll data.
Ransom Cartel founder jailed 16 years over affiliate racket
Maksim Silnikau, the Belarusian behind the Ransom Cartel ransomware service, received a 16-year prison sentence.
Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator sentenced to 70 months for defrauding victims
Former DigitalMint ransomware negotiator Angelo Martino sentenced to 70 months for defrauding victims
764 splinter group leader sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation and cybercrime
764 splinter group leader Alexis Chavez sentenced to 40 years for child exploitation and cybercrime