Vitalii Antonenko pleads guilty to hacking and other charges

There’s an update to the case of Vitalii Antonenko, whose case was noted on this site in 2020. Shore News Network reports:

Vitalii Antonenko, a 32-year-old New York City resident, pleaded guilty on Thursday to multiple conspiracies involving computer hacking, trafficking stolen credit card information, and laundering the illicit proceeds. Antonenko entered his guilty plea before U.S. District Judge William G. Young, admitting to charges of unauthorized access to computer networks and laundering the money earned through these criminal activities.

Antonenko was arrested in March 2019 at John F. Kennedy International Airport after arriving from Ukraine. He was found in possession of digital media containing hundreds of thousands of stolen payment card numbers. Following an indictment by a federal grand jury in May 2020, his sentencing is scheduled for December 10, 2024.