Novosibirsk programmer on trial for breaking WorldPay

In Novosibirsk, the trial of a local resident programmer Eugene Anikin, who is accused of involvement in the burglary of an international network RBS WorldPay and embezzling $ 10 million. The indictment states that Anikin, along with several other people in 2008 was able to gain access to the resources of the electronic payment system RBS WorldPay, which is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland. Then, according to court records, they copied the customer data, have made bank cards and withdrew cash from ATMs around the world. The group, in addition to Eugene Anikin, were residents of St. Petersburg Victor Pleschuk and several other people. Some of them are in the court records appear under the network alias. In conclusion, the investigation says that the money was withdrawn in 280 cities around the world. The documents appear Russia, UK, USA, Japan, Turkey, Spain, the Netherlands. Tools shot people with whom the organizers met on the Internet, without meeting in person. Subsequently, they transferred money to certain accounts, leaving himself some part. The deal with the investigation first, the FSB operatives arrested Victor Pleschuka, who agreed to cooperate with investigators and gave information about other group members, in particular, a 27-year-old graduate of Novosibirsk gosuinversiteta Eugene Anikin. Subsequently Pleschuk sentenced Petersburg court to six years probation. Eugene Anikin also agreed to cooperate, talked about how the group functioned, how it used technology and methods of hacking. He also agreed to transfer two RBS bought an apartment in Novosibirsk, a car and pay the money received as a result of participation in the breaking of the network WorldPay. The bank followed the trial. As told BBC journalist Ilya Inzov Novosibirsk, who attended the court session, lawyers representing the RBS, does not insist that the accused will certainly put in jail - for them to return the principal as much as possible of the stolen funds. Verdict Anikin had to make on Wednesday, but postponed its announcement in February of procedural reasons. According Inzov, attorneys Eugene Anikin, who is accused of 4 parts of Article 158 of the Criminal Code (theft of a large-scale), calculated that he will receive as a result of five years imprisonment, but prosecutors insist on a realistic timetable. Not the first time a few months ago in October, American investigators have uncovered the activities of another hacker group, which was attended by the Russians. Several have been arrested and brought to justice. One of them - Alexander Sorokin - was arrested while trying to withdraw money in a bank for temporary fake credit card. For his services he was to receive 5 to 10%. After his arrest, Sorokin agreed to cooperate with the investigation, but subsequently disappeared and was declared wanted. In absentia and sentenced to six months in prison and fined $ 100. Another member of the group - Russians Anton Yuferitsyna sentenced to 10 months in prison and a fine of 38.4 thousand dollars. Source: BBC