Five Russians, including & nbsp; including businessman Vladislav Klyushin, who was extradited & nbsp; last week to Switzerland from & nbsp; accusations of & nbsp; participation in the & nbsp; global scheme for & nbsp; insider information trading stolen from & nbsp; networks of American companies, according to the & nbsp; message from the US Department of Justice.
The & nbsp; department noted that & nbsp; this illegal activity brought those who & nbsp; it carried out, tens of millions of dollars in profit.
Klyushin is charged with conspiracy with & nbsp; to obtain illegal access to & nbsp; computers, and & nbsp; also fraud with & nbsp; securities. Together with & nbsp; him, 35-year-old Ivan Ermakov, 33-year-old Nikolai Rumyantsev, 43-year-old Mikhail Irzak and & nbsp; 42-year-old Igor Sladkov are involved in the case. “ Ermakov, Rumyantsev, Irzak and & nbsp; Sladkov remain at & nbsp; freedom '', & nbsp; & mdash; said in the & nbsp; message.
The prosecution claims that the attackers “ hacked systems, stole information '' in order to carry out an illegal insider trading scheme. The & nbsp; department emphasized that although the accused were outside the & nbsp; borders of the United States, their & nbsp; actions endangered the security of the country's financial market.
The & nbsp; Ministry of Justice claims that & nbsp; Ermakov & nbsp; & mdash; former officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. In & nbsp; July 2018, the US authorities named him one of the & nbsp; responsible for & nbsp; hacking the servers of the Democratic Party and & nbsp; stealing the correspondence of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In & nbsp; October of that & nbsp; the same & nbsp; year, Ermakov was also charged with & nbsp; about his alleged role in the & nbsp; hacking and & nbsp; related & nbsp; & nbsp; misinformation operations directed against international anti-doping agencies, sports federations and & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; doping.