Suspected Founder of Hacker Group The Infraud Organization Arrested in Moscow

It became known that Russia will not extradite the possible leader of the hacker group The Infraud Organization to the United States. Russian FSB officers and Russian law enforcement agencies, with the assistance of US law enforcement agencies, detained four members of the hacker group The Infraud Organization on January 22. Prior to that, the alleged founder Andrei Novak was put on the wanted list in the United States on charges of cyber fraud. 

According to the FSB, Novak has been arrested, and three other alleged hackers have been placed under house arrest. The investigation continues to identify other members of The Infraud Organization. The detained members of the group are accused of illegal access to computer information and illegal turnover of payment funds. 

Russia has no plans to extradite Andrei Novak, the possible leader of the international hacker group The Infraud Organization, to the United States. Thus, Russian law prohibits the extradition of citizens of one’s own country to a foreign state. 

It is noted that if among the detained members of the organization there is a person without Russian citizenship, then after the investigation of a criminal case in Russia and the trial he will be extradited to the country where the case was opened against him. 

It is worth noting that in February 2018, it was reported that law enforcement officers detained 13 persons in the United States accused of invol

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