US Justice Minister Garland: we ask Poland to extradite Ukrainian Vasinsky committed by the REvil organization. This was announced by the head of the US Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland, he is quoted by TASS.
Two months after the United States accused Vasinsky in absentia of burglary, the Ukrainian crossed the border with Poland, the Attorney General noted.
“There, at our request, the Polish authorities arrested him in accordance with a preliminary arrest warrant. Currently, we have asked Poland to extradite him to the United States in accordance with the extradition treaty between our countries, “the minister stressed.
Earlier, Garland said that the United States had brought charges against the Russian Yevgeny Polyanin in the case of cyber extortion in the amount of up to $ 13 million. According to him, the REvil program affected about 175 thousand computers around the world, the attackers were paid at least $ 200 million in ransom.
On November 8, it became known that the US authorities will bring charges against Russian citizen Yevgeny Polyanin and Ukrainian citizen Yaroslav Vasinsky conspiring to commit fraud and money laundering. Both suspects are believed to be members of the REvil organization.