Syrian Electronic Army hacker sentenced to 42 months in US
Ahmad Umar Agha, known as Th3Pr0, was sentenced Thursday after more than a decade as a fugitive; accomplice Firas Dardar remains at large.
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Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha sentenced to 42 months in US
Prosecutors say he hit about 47 targets from 2011 to 2024, including a 2013 fake AP tweet that briefly erased $136 billion.
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Syrian Electronic Army hacker sentenced to 42 months
Ahmad Umar Agha, known as Th3Pr0, was jailed Thursday; co-defendant Firas Dardar remains a fugitive.
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Syrian regime hacker sentenced to 42 months in US prison
Ahmad Umar Agha, also known as Th3Pr0, was sentenced after a conspiracy that ran from August 2011 until January 2024.
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Syrian Electronic Army hacker sentenced to 42 months in U.S. prison
Ahmad Umar Agha, known as Th3Pr0, was sentenced for phishing-based hacks of about 47 Western targets, including a fake AP tweet.
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Hive and Nefilim affiliate sentenced to 70 months in prison
Artem Stryzhak pleaded guilty in December 2025; the FBI still offers up to $11 million for co-conspirator Volodymyr Tymoshchuk.
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Nefilim and Hive affiliate sentenced to 70 months in US
Ukrainian Artem Stryzhak was arrested in Spain in June 2024, extradited in April 2025, and allegedly hit about seven Hive victims.
Ukrainian Hive and Nefilim affiliate sentenced to 70 months
Artem Stryzhak deployed Nefilim in 2021 and Hive against seven organizations, including healthcare and law firms.
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Nefilim and Hive affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to nearly six years
The State Department is offering up to $11 million for co-conspirator Volodymyr Tymoshchuk; Hive hit about 1,500 victims worldwide.
Ukrainian Nefilim and Hive affiliate sentenced to 70 months
Artem Stryzhak, 36, pleaded guilty in December 2025 after extradition from Spain; co-conspirator Tymoshchuk remains sought.
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Nefilim and Hive ransomware affiliate sentenced to 70 months
Artem Stryzhak pleaded guilty after attacks on hospitals and large firms; an alleged accomplice remains at large.
Nefilim and Hive affiliate sentenced to 70 months
Artem Stryzhak pleaded guilty in December 2025; the FBI says the groups caused more than $100 million in losses.
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Nefilim and Hive affiliate Artem Stryzhak sentenced to 70 months
He pleaded guilty after extradition from Spain for attacks from 2018 through 2021; prosecutors still seek co-conspirator Volodymyr Tymoshchuk.
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Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years for tax-prep hacking and fraud
Amachukwu must pay nearly $3.65 million in restitution and forfeit almost $10.85 million after a 2019–2023 scheme.
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Nigerian national sentenced to 8 years for tax-business hacks
Chukwuemeka Amachukwu must also pay more than $3.6 million after spearphishing U.S. tax preparers and filing fraudulent returns.
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Nigerian national gets 8 years for US tax-prep spearphishing
The court also imposed one year of supervised release, $3.6 million in restitution, and forfeiture of nearly $11 million.
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Co-Creator of Dark Web Marketplace Sentenced to 40 Years in Federal Prison
Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton received a 40-year federal prison sentence.
Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison
A former industrial-firm engineer was sentenced to 32 months for sabotaging systems and demanding about $750,000 in bitcoin.
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US Sentences Empire Market Co-Creator Over $430 Million Criminal Marketplace
A U.S. court sentenced Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton to 40 years over a $430 million dark-web market.
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Co-creator of Empire Market dark web marketplace given 40-year sentence
Raheim Hamilton received a 40-year sentence for co-running Empire Market, which handled $430 million in dark-web sales.
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Crypto thief who splurged on gold grills sentenced in London
A London court sentenced Ajay Shinjin to two and a half years for a 2021 SIM-swap cryptocurrency theft.
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Co-Creator of Dark Web Marketplace “Empire Market” Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison
Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton was sentenced to 40 years over a $430 million dark-web market.
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Owner of Empire cybercrime market gets 40 years in prison
Empire Market co-creator Raheim Hamilton sentenced to 40 years in prison for facilitating $430 million in dark web transactions.
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Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
A fraudster was jailed 18 months and ordered to forfeit $8.1 million from AI streaming fraud.