Hacker
sentenced to 21 months in U.S. prison for $15 million scheme
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[October 25, 2014]
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man
was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Friday for his role in a
cybercrime scheme that hacked accounts at banks, brokerage firms and
government agencies in an attempt to steal more than $15 million, U.S.
prosecutors said.
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Robert Dubuc, 41, pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy,
conspiracy to commit access device fraud and identity theft in
federal court in New Jersey in April. U.S. District Judge Peter
Sheridan in Trenton imposed the sentence on Friday.
A co-defendant, Oleg Pidtergerya, pleaded guilty to the same charges
and is scheduled for sentencing in December.
Prosecutors said the two men were members of an international
cybercrime ring led by Oleksiy Sharapka and Leonid Yanovitsky of
Kiev, Ukraine, who have also been indicted but remain at large.
![](http://archives.lincolndailynews.com/2014/Oct/25/images/ads/current/business_directory_filler.png) The group hacked into accounts in 2012 and 2013 at global banks and
other institutions, including Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co,
the U.S. Department of Defense, PayPal and others, and diverted
funds into accounts and debit cards they controlled, prosecutors
said.
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The group then used “cash out” crews to tap the stolen funds by
withdrawing cash from ATMS and making fraudulent purchases,
according to prosecutors. Dubuc operated a crew out of
Massachusetts, while Pidtergerya led a crew in New York, the
government said.
Eight individuals have been charged in the case.
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