This time its not china but Ukraine
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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.
“Cyber criminals who harm victims in the United States and around the world cannot rely on fake identities and international borders to evade justice,” said Assistant Attorney General Benczkowski. “This case and today’s extradition demonstrate that the United States and its international partners will find cyber fugitives and bring them to face justice in the United States, no matter where they commit their crimes.”
“This defendant engaged in an extraordinary and far-reaching scheme to infect and hack computers throughout the United States and the world,” said U.S. Attorney Carpenito. “This ‘malvertising’ scheme is especially dangerous because it uses online ads to target millions of unsuspecting Internet users engaged in activities as routine as booking their next vacation.”
Ivanov was arrested on Oct. 19, 2018, following an international investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service and in coordination with Dutch law enforcement. He had been detained by the Dutch authorities pending the resolution of the extradition proceedings.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/international-malvertiser-extradited-netherlands-face-hacking-charges-new-jersey