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# Former Canadian Government Employee Extradited to the United States to Face Charges for Dozens of Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransoms

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, March 10, 2022. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' extradition from Canada to the United States on 9 March 2022 ('yesterday' relative to the 10 March 2022 release) on a Middle District of Florida indictment, with approximately $28,151,582 in cryptocurrency seized..

**Source type:** Government release

**Published:** March 10, 2022

**Research grade:** P1

**Used in entries:** 1

## Bibliographic record

**Publisher:** U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs

**Published:** March 10, 2022

**Source type:** Government release

**Research grade:** Source grade P1

**Language:** English

**Official record:** Official publication

**Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-canadian-government-employee-extradited-united-states-face-charges-dozens-ransomware](https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/former-canadian-government-employee-extradited-united-states-face-charges-dozens-ransomware)

**What it supports:** Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins' extradition from Canada to the United States on 9 March 2022 ('yesterday' relative to the 10 March 2022 release) on a Middle District of Florida indictment, with approximately $28,151,582 in cryptocurrency seized.

**Dataset id:** src\_justicegov\_vachon\_desjardins\_extradited\_2022

## Research notes

- Subtitle on the page: 'Approximately $28,151,582 in Cryptocurrency Seized'.
- Page read via the Wayback capture noted in archive\_url because justice.gov served a bot-verification challenge on direct fetch.

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## Cited by

### Legal actions against people

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

Extradited, NetWalker ransomware disruption

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