A Ukrainian national has pleaded guilty to hacking and wire-fraud charges in Seattle in what the FBI says is one of the largest cybercrime cases it has handled, the AP news agency reported.
Fedir Hladyr, 34, agreed to pay $2.5 million in restitution as part of his plea on September 11 and could face up to 25 years in prison on two of the 26 criminal counts he is facing.
Last year, FBI special agent Jay Tabb said the hacking group called FIN7, where Hladyr was a systems administrator and maintained its servers, stole and then sold information from 15 million credit and debit cards, causing more than $100 million in losses between 2015 and 2019.
Two other Ukrainians charged in the conspiracy are Dmytro Fedorov, who is being held in Poland, and Andriy Kolpakov who was arrested on May 31. Kolpakov will be tried next year.
Although the group’s activities were international in nature, they also hit businesses in 47 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.
