Earlier today, French natural Sébastien Raoult learned his sentence in federal court in Seattle. Raoult, aka “Sezyo,” had been detained in Morocco as he prepared to fly home to France after a vacation. His detention in response to a Red Notice led to an intense extradition fight. Raoult’s counsel urged France to request Raoult be…
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Is Morocco rushing to extradite Sebastien Raoult before the Committee on Torture might bar the extradition?
Yesterday, DataBreaches reported that counsel for an alleged member of ShinyHunters had filed an appeal with the Committee on Torture, asking them to suspend the extradition of Sebastien Raoult by Morocco to the U.S. Because Morocco is a signatory to the convention against torture, the committee has the authority to suspend or prohibit an extradition….
34 Deputies call on France’s Minister of Justice to Request Extradition of Sebastien Raoult to France
Although it has been out of the news cycle in the U.S., counsel for suspected ShinyHunters member Sebastien Raoult continues to urge France to seek his client’s extradition to France from Morocco. Raoult has been sitting in a Moroccan jail since May 31 when he was picked up on a red notice from Interpol at…
“Sébastien had a large rock threatening to fall on his head” — Paul Raoult, on his son’s plea deal
On September 27, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sébastien Raoult (aka “Sezyo Kaizen”), a 22-year-old French national who had been extradited to the U.S., pleaded guilty to two of nine counts alleging fraud and aggravated identity theft. DataBreaches had been covering his case since he was detained in Morocco on a red notice…
The U.N. Committee on Human Rights asks Morocco NOT to extradite Raoult
A small and somewhat bitter update to the Sébastien Raoult case. Sébastien’s father contacted DataBreaches tonight to say that they had just received a response from the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. In response to Raoult’s appeal submitted on January 17, the committee responded by asking Morocco not to extradite Raoult while Raoult’s…
Alleged ShinyHunters member returned to France after prison in the U.S., now facing French charges
On January 9, 2024, DataBreaches reported that French national Sébastien Raoult had been sentenced in a Seattle federal court, but might be out in 11 months. As a suspected member of ShinyHunters, Raoult (aka “Sezyo Kaizen”) had been extradited to the U.S. after being detained in Morocco on his way home to France from a…