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MICHIGAN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Two Eastern European men were sentenced for providing \u201cbulletproof hosting\u201d services, which were used by cybercriminals between 2009 to 2015 to distribute malware and attack financial institutions and victims throughout the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"brown<\/a>On June 28 and Oct. 20,\u00a0 U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood sentenced Pavel Stassi, 30, of Estonia, to 24 months in prison; and Aleksandr Skorodumov, 33, of Lithuania, to 48 months in prison, for their roles in the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court documents, Stassi and Skorodumov were members of a bulletproof hosting organization founded and led by two co-defendants, Aleksandr Grichishkin and Andrei Skvortsov, both 34 and of Russia. <\/span><\/p>\n

The group rented IP addresses, servers, and domains to cybercriminal clients who employed this technical infrastructure to disseminate malware used to gain access to victims\u2019 computers, form botnets, and steal banking credentials for use in frauds. <\/span><\/p>\n

Malware hosted by the organization included Zeus, SpyEye, Citadel, and the Blackhole Exploit Kit, which attacked U.S. companies and financial institutions between 2009 and 2015 and caused or attempted to cause millions of dollars in losses to U.S. victims. <\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"The defendants also helped their clients evade detection by law enforcement and continue their crimes uninterrupted by monitoring sites used to blocklist technical infrastructure used for crime, moving \u201cflagged\u201d content to new infrastructure, and registering all such infrastructure under false or stolen identities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGiven their international nature, and the anonymity of the internet, cybercrime investigations often take years,\u201d said Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Mohsin for the Eastern District of Michigan. \u201cThey require the resources of multiple law enforcement agencies, the cooperation of multiple governments, skilled interpreters, and time-consuming extradition procedures. The persistence and hard work of our law enforcement partners has led to these successful prosecutions and sends a message to cybercriminals that they will be brought to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to court filings and statements made in connection with the defendants\u2019 guilty pleas, Skorodumov was one of the organization\u2019s lead systems administrators and, at some points, its only systems administrator. In this role, he configured and managed the clients\u2019 domains and IP addresses, provided technical assistance to help clients optimize their malware and botnets, and monitored and responded to abuse notices. <\/span><\/p>\n

Stassi undertook various administrative tasks for the organization, including conducting and tracking online marketing to the organization\u2019s criminal clientele and using stolen and\/or false personal information to register webhosting and financial accounts used by the organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stassi, Skorodumov, Grichishkin and Skvortsov each pleaded guilty to one count of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Grichishkin and Skvortsov are pending sentencing and face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI investigated the case with critical assistance from law enforcement partners in Germany, Estonia and the United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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