Guilty plea in Moscow-based fraud scheme that targeted San Juan Unified students
Sacramento Bee 2 hrs ago Sam Stanton, The Sacramento Bee
May 4 Ten years after a Moscow-based hacker conspired with U.S.-based residents to steal report cards from San Juan Unified School District high school students in a $3.4 million fraud, the final defendant in the case pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday.
Aleksandr Maslov, 40, pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento to two counts of wire fraud and one count of failure to appear, charges that could net him up to 20 years in prison.
Maslov originally was charged in 2015 and released, but failed to appear for a 2018 court hearing and remained a fugitive until he was apprehended by the FBI in Richmond, Virginia, in July 2019.