Vartanyan sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and hacking data

YEREVAN, July 20. /ARKA/. A Russian citizen, Mark Vartanyan, has been sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and development of a computer virus, Interfax reports. 

The verdict has been rendered by a court in Atlanta – Vartanyan has been found guilty of hacker attacks and stealing of personal and financial data.    

Investigators say the damage from the virus may amount to $500 million. 

The convict has to remain imprisoned three years, since two of his five-year sentence he has already served in a jail in Norway while waiting for extradition to the United States. -0---

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12:34 07/20/2017