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# Ontario Court Of Justice Sentences Cyber Criminal And Orders Restitution For Victims of NetWalker Ransomware Attacks

Deeth Williams Wall LLP (E-TIPS), April 20, 2022. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' Canadian sentencing: R. v Vachon-Desjardins, 2022 ONCJ 43, Ontario Court of Justice — seven years in prison plus restitution of approximately CAD 2.8 million to seven Canadian victims, funded from assets seized by the RCMP, on five counts including mischief, theft of computer data, extortion and participation in a criminal organisation..

**Source type:** News report

**Published:** April 20, 2022

**Research grade:** S2

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** Deeth Williams Wall LLP (E-TIPS)

**Published:** April 20, 2022

**Source type:** News report

**Research grade:** Source grade S2

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Not an official publication

**Address:** [https://www.dww.com/articles/ontario-court-of-justice-sentences-cyber-criminal-and-orders-restitution-for-victims-of](https://www.dww.com/articles/ontario-court-of-justice-sentences-cyber-criminal-and-orders-restitution-for-victims-of)

**What it supports:** Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' Canadian sentencing: R. v Vachon-Desjardins, 2022 ONCJ 43, Ontario Court of Justice — seven years in prison plus restitution of approximately CAD 2.8 million to seven Canadian victims, funded from assets seized by the RCMP, on five counts including mischief, theft of computer data, extortion and participation in a criminal organisation.

**Dataset id:** src\_dww\_vachon\_desjardins\_onjc\_sentence\_2022

## Research notes

- Law-firm legal bulletin (E-TIPS newsletter, issue 22 04 20), byline Anna Troshchynsky; secondary commentary on the judgment rather than the judgment itself.

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[Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins](https://takedownindex.org/people/sebastien-vachon-desjardins)

Sentenced, NetWalker ransomware disruption

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