A 38-year-old Belarusian accused of being one of the world’s most prolific Russian-speaking cybercriminals has been arrested and extradited by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) as part of an international law enforcement operation.
Silnikau, who also goes by Maksym Silnikov, was arrested by Spain’s Guardia Civil in an apartment in Estepona, southern Spain, in July 2023.
On August 9, 2024, he was extradited from Poland to the US to face charges relating to cybercrime offenses.
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