In the Netherlands, at the request of the FBI, Russian citizen Denis Dubnikov was detained. He is suspected of money laundering in the interests of cybercriminals

29-year-old Russian citizen Denis Dubnikov was detained in the Netherlands at the request of the FBI. According to his lawyer Arkady Bukh, Dubnikov is suspected of money laundering in the interests of cybercriminals and faces up to 20 years in prison.

Buch noted that the Americans themselves sent him to the Netherlands, having bought a ticket, since Holland easily gives out suspects in crimes. He reported CNN said that his client was on vacation in Mexico when he was detained and put on a plane to the Netherlands.

“Mexico did not let him into the country. The American secret services pushed him onto a plane to Holland and sent him there, paying for a ticket. That is, in fact, they just kidnapped ”, – is talking advocate. According to him, the defense will insist that Dubnikov “did not know anything, did not know where the money came from, and acted in full compliance with Russian law.”

A spokesman for the US Department of Justice declined to comment on Dubnikov’s case.

The American authorities accuse the Russian of receiving more than 400 thousand dollars in cryptocurrency as a reward from a group of cybercriminals who were involved in extortion using the Ryuk virus program, and hacked US health organizations. The American company CrowdStrike, which specializes in cybersecurity, toldthat this virus appeared in 2018, it was created and used by a hacker group from Russia Wizard Spider. On October 5, a DCH Health System spokesman said hospitals paid hackers for the decryption key.