International “Malvertiser” Extradited from the Netherlands to Face Hacking Charges in New Jersey

Defendant Conspired to Expose Millions of Victim Internet Users to Malicious Advertisements Designed to Hack And Infect Victims’ Computers with Malware

A Ukrainian national charged with participating in a years-long, international scheme to infect computers with malware through online advertisements – so-called “malvertising” – will appear in Newark, New Jersey federal court today after being extradited from the Netherlands, Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for the District of New Jersey announced.

Oleksii Petrovich Ivanov, 31, is charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, four counts of wire fraud, and one count of computer fraud. The indictment was returned on Dec. 3, 2018, and unsealed upon his arrival in the United States on May 2, 2019. Ivanov is scheduled to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark federal court and was detained without bail.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/international-malvertiser-extradited-netherlands-face-hacking-charges-new-jersey