Hackers from Infraud Organization sentenced for theft of bank data by 1 billion rubles

[✨ Megiddo]

Cybercriminals were threatened with up to 7 years in prison, but circumstances reduced the time to conditional.

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow sentenced four members of the hacker group Infraud Organization for illegal trade in bank card data, which caused damage worth more than 1 billion rubles. This was reported by TASS in the press service of the court.

All defendants received suspended sentences, namely:

• Bergman Mark Avramovich – 3.5 years with a trial period of 3.5 years;
• Bergman Konstantin Vladimirovich – 3 years with a trial period of 3 years;
• Samokutyaev Kirill – 3 years with a trial period of 3 years;
• Novak Andrey Sergeevich – 2.5 years with a trial period of 2.5 years.

All four were found guilty under Part 2 of Art. 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ( « Illegal circulation of payment funds committed by an organized group » ). Initially, the defendants were threatened with up to 7 years in prison, but the criminals fully admitted their guilt, which was taken into account as a mitigating circumstance.

According to the indictment, the Bergman brothers created the « taxvv.ru » trading platform on which users could purchase stolen data from bank cards and foreign social insurance numbers ( SSN ). After a while, accomplices joined the Bergmans - Novak and Samokutyaev, as well as unidentified persons.

The activities of cybercriminals were disclosed during the joint work of the « K » Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the FSB. Law enforcement officers detained intruders in early 2022 after a test purchase. During detention, cryptocurrency worth more than 1 billion rubles was seized from hackers.
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