Swiss court sentences 52-year-old Ukrainian ransomware dev to nearly 13 years in the cooler
He also received a ten-year ban from Switzerland. The judgment is not final and can be appealed.He had been held in pretrial detention since October 2021 and consistently denied knowing that his software was being used for criminal purposes. REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); He said the source code found at his home in Basel-Landschaft came from his consulting work for an unidentified IT security client.
- ▪He also received a ten-year ban from Switzerland.
- ▪The judgment is not final and can be appealed.He had been held in pretrial detention since October 2021 and consistently denied knowing that his software was being used for criminal purposes.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); He said the source code found at his home in Basel-Landschaft came from his consulting work for an unidentified IT security client.
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