Cybercrime Roundup

On July 20, Judge Steven Jones of the Northern District of Georgia sentenced Evgeny Levitskyy (known by the moniker M.ur.d.e.r.e.r.) to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Levitskyy must also pay restitution to the tune of $499,518.51. The sentence was based on Levitskyy’s guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud.

On July 10th, Alexander Tverdokhlebov was sentenced to 110 months (just over nine years) in prison based on his guilty plea to one count of wire fraud.

Using Twitter as a Weapon

On December 15, 2016, Kurt Eichenwald received a tweet from Twitter user @jew_goldstein that a flashing strobe GIF superimposed with the text, “YOU DESERVE A SEIZURE FOR YOUR POSTS.”

Department of Justice Dismantles International Criminal Cyber Infrastructure

On December 5th, the Department of Justice, alongside numerous other domestic, foreign, and international agencies, announced the success of a combined effort to take down Avalanche, an international computer infrastructure used by cybercriminals in order to facilitate malware attacks and money laundering schemes, among other activities.