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Romanian hacker “Guccifer” extradited to U.S. to finish prison sentence: Reports

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Dissent

Andrew Blake reports:

Marcel Lehel Lazar, a prolific computer hacker known as “Guccifer,” has been extradited to the United States to finish serving a prison sentence related to a cybercrime spree credited with exposing Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account while secretary of state, outlets in his native Romania reported Monday.

Romania’s Alba Iulia Court of Appeals said that Lazar has been sent to the U.S. at the request of Interpol to finish serving a prison sentence handed down in 2016, regional outlets including Digi 24 reported.

Read more on Washington Times.

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