Justice Department charges a Russian citizen, arrested in Thailand and extradited to the US in March, with stealing $1.5M in targeted hacks of US tax preparers (Jeff Stone/CyberScoop)

Jeff Stone / CyberScoop:
Justice Department charges a Russian citizen, arrested in Thailand and extradited to the US in March, with stealing $1.5M in targeted hacks of US tax preparers  —  U.S. authorities have charged a Russian citizen in a scam that netted $1.5 million through bogus tax returns between June 2014 and November 2016 …



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