Russian Roman Seleznev, previously sentenced in the US to 27 years in prison for kibermoshennichestvo additionally sentenced to 14 years on new charges, but the new term will not end up in the previous one, said the US Justice Department.
Roman Seleznev was convicted by the jury in Washington state for five articles and 38 criminal episodes in August 2016 and sentenced to 27 years in prison in April - an unprecedentedly high period for such accusations in the US.
"Russian cybercriminal today (Thursday) was sentenced to 14 years in prison for taking part in kibermoshennichestve in the amount of $ 50 million, and the kidnapping of nine banks of millions of dollars by using hacking schemes", - said in a statement.
It is noted that the new verdict is made in parallel with the previous one and will not add to it.