WASHINGTON --
A former Canadian authorities official has been extradited to the USA to face legal prices alleging he deployed ransomware often called "NetWalker" to focus on firms, municipalities, hospitals and legislation enforcement through the top of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The U.S. Justice Division stated that Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, of Gatineau, Que., was extradited on Wednesday after he was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida.
Prosecutors stated Vachon-Desjardins is accused of launching a sequence of ransomware assaults between April and December 2020.
Throughout a search of his dwelling in January 2021, investigators discovered and seized 719 bitcoin, which is valued to be value greater than US$28 million.
Vachon-Desjardins already confronted parallel legal prices in Canada earlier this 12 months, together with mischief in relation to laptop knowledge, extortion, unauthorized use of a pc and taking part in a legal group, in accordance with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
He pleaded responsible to 3 of these 4 prices on January 31, 2022. He was sentenced to seven years in jail.
In response to a LinkedIn profile for a Sebastien Vachon that seems to match his description, he beforehand labored as an IT advisor for Public Works and Authorities Providers in Canada.
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