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A Russian man has been extradited to the United States from Georgia, accused of taking part in a massive hacking, targeting JPMorgan Chase & Co and other US companies, US prosecutors said Friday.
Uhrei Tyurin, 35, was arrested in Georgia at the request of US authorities, according to US Attorney General Geoffrey Berman's office in Manhattan. His lawyer, Florian Miedel, declined to comment on the charges.
Tyurin is the last person accused of one of the biggest data breaches. JPMorgan disclosed the breach in 2014 and reported disclosing information associated with approximately 83 million customer accounts.
Other casualties include E * Trade Financial Corp, Scottrade Inc. and Dow Jones & Co, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Prosecutors said that a total of more than 100 million customers of pirated companies had been affected.
Prosecutors said the project was headed by Gery Shalon, an Israeli man who is already facing hacking charges in the Manhattan federal court along with two other Israelis, Joshua Samuel Aaron and Ziv Orenstein.
According to prosecutors, members of the system used pirated information to prosecute other crimes. Prosecutors said Tyurin, Shalon and other conspirators had earned hundreds of millions of dollars in criminal initiatives.
Tyurin is accused of hacking, wire fraud and conspiracy. The most serious charges carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.
Report by Brendan Pierson in New York; Edited by Phil Berlowitz
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