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Canadian National Sentenced in Connection with Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransoms

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, October 4, 2022. Two NetWalker person-actions: the arrest of Vachon-Desjardins in Gatineau, Quebec on 27 January 2021 by Canadian law enforcement pursuant to a U.S. request, with a search that seized CAD 742,840 and 719 bitcoin; and his sentencing on 4 October 2022 to 20 years in prison with forfeiture of $21,500,000..

Source type
Government release
Published
October 4, 2022
Research grade
P1
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2

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Publisher
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
Published
October 4, 2022
Source type
Government release
Research grade
Source grade P1
Language
English
Official record
Official publication
Address
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/canadian-national-sentenced-connection-ransomware-attacks-resulting-payment-tens-millions
What it supports
Two NetWalker person-actions: the arrest of Vachon-Desjardins in Gatineau, Quebec on 27 January 2021 by Canadian law enforcement pursuant to a U.S. request, with a search that seized CAD 742,840 and 719 bitcoin; and his sentencing on 4 October 2022 to 20 years in prison with forfeiture of $21,500,000.
Dataset id
src_usdoj_vachon_desjardins_sentenced_2022

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  • The cited /opa/pr/ URL 301-redirects to the /archives/opa/pr/ path recorded here.
  • This release spells the first name 'Sebastian'; the Canadian judgment and CourtListener docket use 'Sebastien'.

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