Daryna Antoniuk reports:
A Ukrainian citizen was sentenced to eight years in U.S. prison for administering a marketplace that sold the personal information of millions of Americans.
Vitalii Chychasov, 37, was arrested in March of last year while attempting to enter Hungary and was later extradited to the U.S.
Chychasov previously agreed to forfeit $5 million in proceeds from SSNDOB (for Social Security number and date of birth) — a series of websites that sold personal information, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers belonging to individuals in the U.S.
Read more at The Record.
Chychasov had pleaded guilty in July of this year.