Payment Card Theft Ring Tech Leader Gets 10-Year Sentence
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A Ukrainian national who admitted to working as a system administrator and IT manager for the notorious FIN7 cybercriminal gang, which has been involved in the theft of millions of payment cards, has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Fedir Hladyr, 35, who pleaded guilty in 2019 to federal charges that included conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer hacking, could have faced up to 20 years in federal prison. As part of the plea deal, prosecutors agreed to drop other charges.