A US federal court in Missouri sentenced a man from Belarus on Tuesday to five years in prison on charges of conspiracy to file fraudulent income tax returns, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A news release from the US Attorney’s Office in St. Louis reports that Alexsandr Rabikov, a legal US resident, hacked into the computer of a bank in the St. Louis area and obtained personal information that let him illegally collect fraudulent tax refunds. The scam came to light in February 2014, when the real account holders began to file their taxes and discovered their identities had been stolen.
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US District Judge Catherine Perry called the crime “extremely serious” after imposing the maximum five-year sentence, noting that the case involved organized crime with overseas elements, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Belomyttseva, who was in the US on a tourist visa, was also sentenced Tuesday to 366 days in jail after pleading guilty in October to a conspiracy charge, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Prosecutors say Rabikov will be deported once he has completed his sentence.
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This is what we like, but it's like $500 lakh, or perhaps $1000 crore. $5 score US, or perhaps 99 thousand EUR.