Guy Who Tried to Frame Me In Heroin Plot Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime Charges
Summary: Sergey Vovnenko, 29, pleaded guilty in Newark, New Jersey to aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, admitting he operated a network of more than 13,000 hacked computers used to harvest credit card numbers and other sensitive data. The aggravated identity theft charge carries a mandatory two-year sentence, with sentencing set for May 2, 2016, after his extradition from Italy.
What you should know: The man behind a 13,000-machine botnet built to harvest card numbers will face a mandatory two-year term on the identity theft count alone, with the remaining charges and fines still to be decided at sentencing.
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