$9m RBS WorldPay hack mastermind avoids jail

Friday, September 10th, 2010 | Filed under Cybercrime,Headline | Posted by

“The Russian hacker at the centre of a massive $9.4m fraud against RBS WorldPay has avoided jail after he agreed to turn informant on his fellow cybercriminals and pay compensation to the bank.

Viktor Pleshchuk, 29, of St. Petersburg, Russia, received a six year suspended sentence after agreeing to pay back 275m roubles ($8.9m) to RBS WorldPay and snitch on his erstwhile partners in crime, Bloomberg reports.”

(Source: $9m RBS WorldPay hack mastermind avoids jail • The Register)

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