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In a ___ Historic prisoner exchange Two Russian citizens who served time in cybercrime activities between Belarus, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovenia and the United States have been released and repatriated.
That includes Roman Valeryuch Selznev and Vladislav Kloshen, who are part of a group of eight people who have been extradited to Russia in exchange for the release of 16 people detained, including four Americans, five Germans and seven Russian citizens. are were held as political prisoners.
US President Joe Biden Called Calling the agreement a “feat of diplomacy,” he added that “some of these women and men have been held unfairly for years.” Other countries that contributed to the exchange include Poland and Turkey.
Among those released from Russia is former US Marine Paul Whelan, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Ivan GurshkovichVladimir Kara-Murza, a green card holder and prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Russian-American journalist Also Karamasheva.
Seleznev, also known as Track2, Bulba, and nCux, was Sentenced In 2017, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison for payment card fraud, which cost small businesses and financial institutions in the United States nearly $170 million, and later pleaded guilty to his role in a $50 million cyber fraud ring. He was sentenced to another 14 years in prison for fraud. Banks of $9 million through hacking scheme.
The other Russian national to go home is Kloshen, owner of security penetration testing firm M-13 Sentenced In the US for last September Theft of confidential financial information from US companies in a $93 million insider trading scheme.
“Not since the Cold War have there been such a large number of people exchanged, and there has never been, as far as we know, so many countries, so many close US partners and allies working together,” National Security Advisor was Jack Sullivan. referred to As the saying goes.
The development comes as the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) announced the closure of a fraud platform known as Russiancoms (“russiancoms”).[.]cm”) that allowed its users to make more than 1.3 million anonymous calls between 2021 and 2024, impersonating banks and law enforcement agencies.
Three people allegedly connected to the creation and development of the platform have been arrested and later released on conditional bail. Caller ID spoofing solutions marketed by Snapchat, Instagram and Telegram range in price from £350 to £1,000 and were available as a dedicated handset and, later, as a web app.
“The platform allowed criminals to hide their identity by calling pre-selected numbers, typically financial institutions, telecommunications companies and law enforcement agencies,” the NCA said. said. “This allowed them to gain the trust of victims before stealing their money and personal details.”
