Russian hacker, nabbed in Spain, cops 4+ years for Citadel botnet

Citadel operator finally sentenced.
Alexander J Martin:
Dimitry Belorossov – a Russian cyber-criminal who used the Citadel banking trojan – has been sentenced to four years and six months in a US prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to commit computer fraud.
Belorossov, who was known by criminal associates as Rainerfox, was alleged to have operated a Citadel command and control server.
The Russian controlled over 7,000 victim computers, stated an initial court document, which declared his sentencing was scheduled for 27 May.
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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/

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