Burkov Alexey Yuryevich

Burkov Alexey Yuryevich

Biography

2015-2019

Alexei Burkov  was detained  in 2015 in Israel and extradited to the United States in November 2019. In October of the same year, the extradition of Burkov   was requested by Russia - they wanted to exchange the hacker for Israeli Naama Issakhar. She was detained at Sheremetyevo Airport: 9.6 grams of hashish were found in the girl's luggage. The court  sentenced  Issahar to 7.5 years in prison.

2020:9 years in prison

On June 26, 2020, a federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Russian hacker Alexei Burkov to nine years in prison for cyber fraud.

The prosecution, which asked for a sentence of 15 years, believed that between 2008 and 2013, a native of St. Petersburg sold about 150  thousand data on an underground online resource Cardplanet at a price ranging from $2.5 to $60. He actively advertised himself on criminal Russian-language platforms, claiming that he is the only seller of stolen data that guarantees a refund if bank cards are already blocked.

The Russian pleaded guilty to three out of five charges: fraud with data access devices, theft of personal information, intrusion into computer systems and money laundering. He will be obliged to pay compensation in the amount of $7,000. After serving his sentence, he will have to be monitored for three years, but the judge admitted that, most likely, the man will be deported.

The US Department of Justice warned that if Burkov is found guilty on all counts of charges, he faces up to 80 years in prison. The department estimated the damage from his crimes at $20 million.

I  repent  and regret my  actions  in the past. When I  chose the wrong path, I  did not  distinguish the good from the  bad. It was only  in prison that I  realized how  wrong I was living. I  realized the guilt. I promise that  I will never do harm again  and I will live honestly, "Burkov said in court.[1]

2021: Deportation from the United States to the Russian Federation

At the end of September 2021, Alexei Burkov, accused of cybercrime, was deported from the United States to Russia. This was reported by TASS with reference to the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Irina Volk.

Employees of the line department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at Sheremetyevo Airport and Interpol CS of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a Russian citizen deported from the United States, Alexei Burkov. He is accused of involvement in the manufacture and sale of fake bank cards and trade in confidential data of customers of credit and financial institutions, she said.

According to her, the police believe that Burkov committed crimes from 2008 to 2015. The hacker was accused in absentia of theft (Article 158 of the Criminal Code), as well as illegal access to commercial, banking or tax secrets and disclosure of relevant information (Article 183 of the Criminal Code). Burkov created, used and distributed malware (Article 273 of the Criminal Code), according to law enforcement officers.

Convicted of 9 years for cyber attacks in the United States, Russian Alexei Burkov deported to the Russian Federation

The Russian was put on the international wanted list through Interpol channels at the request of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, Volk said. It is noteworthy that Burkov was detained in Israel, but extradited to the United States, where he was also accused of cybercrime.

Burkov pleaded guilty to fraud with access devices, conspiracy to fraud, theft of personal information, intrusion into computer systems and money laundering.

The hacker was offered to be exchanged for Israeli citizen Naama Issashar, who was detained in Russia during a transfer to the Delhi-Tel Aviv flight with drugs. Moreover, such proposals were made by both the Israeli side and representatives of the family of Alexei Burkov. The deal did not take place: Naama Issashar Khimki City Court sentenced to seven and a half years in prison, finding guilty of committing crimes under Part 1 of Art. 228 (illegal possession, transportation, manufacture of narcotic drugs) and part 2 of Art. 229.1 (smuggling of narcotic drugs in a significant amount) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Subsequently, the Israeli woman was pardoned by President Vladimir Putin^[2][3]

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