Federal prosecutors this week charged a Latvian national who was living in Russia for his alleged role in extorting companies targeted by the Karakurt ransomware operation.
Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, was arrested in the country of Georgia in December and extradited to the U.S. in August, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio said in a statement Tuesday.
Zolotarjovs is facing charges of money laundering conspiracy, wire fraud conspiracy, extortion conspiracy and extortion, according to court documents. He appeared in a federal court in Cincinnati on Tuesday.
Källa: Feds arrest Latvian man accused of extorting Karakurt victims
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