Russian citizen Kirill Firsov has confessed to cybercrimes in the United States, RIA Novosti reports, citing court documents.
As part of a deal with the investigation, the Russian agreed to a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine of up to $ 250,000. The transaction must be approved by the court, then a verdict will be issued.
Firsov admitted that he was the administrator of the site deer.io, which sold stolen credit card information and other personal information. He also traded social security numbers, birth dates and addresses of Americans. At the same time, this information was often enough to fraudulently obtain a credit card or loan in the name of the victim.
The case file indicates that the site was operational from 2013 to 2020. The illegal sales totaled $ 17 million.
According to Firsov, most of his victims were Russians, but they managed to earn about $ 1.2 million by selling information about Americans. This fact allowed the FBI to pursue Firsov and detain him upon his arrival in the country.
On March 10, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Russian citizen on suspicion of cybercrime. Kirill Firsov is allegedly involved in the sale of stolen user data. According to the US authorities, he is the creator and owner of an auction platform that traded data stolen by hackers from users of social networks.
