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| == Background == | | == Background == |
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| Levashov, born in 1980, graduated in 1997 from the [[Saint Petersburg]] High School No. 30 of Math and Science. He started a bulk-mailing service, registered to his own name, in 2002. <ref name="APstory2017"/> | | Levashov, born in 1980, graduated in 1997 from the Saint Petersburg High School No. 30 of Math and Science. He started a bulk-mailing service, registered to his own name, in 2002. |
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| Levashov (as "Peter Severa, age unknown, of Russia") is alleged to have worked with US spammer [[Alan Ralsky]], who was indicted in 2008 and later jailed for spam email promotions for [[pump and dump]]" schemes.<ref name="APstory2017"/><ref>{{cite news | title=Alan Ralsky, Ten Others, Indicted In International Illegal Spamming And Stock Fraud Scheme | date=2008-01-03 | publisher=U.S. Department of Justice | url =http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2008/January/08_crm_003.html | access-date = 2008-01-04 }}</ref> | | Levashov (as "Peter Severa, age unknown, of Russia") is alleged to have worked with US spammer Alan Ralsky, who was indicted in 2008 and later jailed for spam email promotions for pump and dump" schemes. |
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| Levashov was described by [[Spamhaus]] as "<nowiki>[o]</nowiki>ne of the longest operating criminal spam-lords on the internet," who collaborated with many other Eastern European and U.S. based [[botnet]] [[Spamming|spammers]], as well as American spammer [[Alan Ralsky]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Peter Severa / Peter Levashov |url=https://www.spamhaus.org/rokso/spammer/SPM893/peter-severa-peter-levashov|website=The Spamhaus Project|publisher=The Spamhaus Project|quote=One of the longest operating criminal spam-lords on the internet. Works with many other Eastern Euro and US based botnet spammers. Was a partner of American spammer Alan Ralsky.|access-date=April 29, 2023}}</ref> Peter Levashov was arrested by Spanish officials while in Barcelona, at the request of the [[United States Department of Justice]].<ref name="Kingpin">{{cite web|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew|title=Spain Arrests Russian Thought to Be Kingpin of Computer Spam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/09/world/europe/peter-severa-levahsov-russia-arrest.html|work=New York Times|access-date=11 April 2017|quote=Spamhaus, a group that tracks spammers, has for years listed Peter Severa as among the top 10 perpetrators in the world, and has identified him as Mr. Levashov.}}</ref> He was suspected by the United States of being the kingpin behind the [[Kelihos botnet]] and was extradited to the United States, arriving on 2 February 2018. [[Russia]] had filed a competing [[extradition]] request, but the Spanish high court in October 2017 approved Levashov’s extradition to the U.S., rejecting the Russian counterclaim.<ref name="NYT_Extrad">{{cite news |title=A New Russian Ploy: Competing Extradition Requests |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/world/europe/russia-extradition-levashov.html |access-date=April 30, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=December 20, 2017 |quote=At the agency’s request, Spanish security officers in April arrested the man, Pyotr Y. Levashov...But then the Russian authorities sprang a trap of their own, filing an extradition request with the Spanish authorities for a crime they said Mr. Levashov had committed in Russia years ago.}}</ref><ref name="WSJ_Extrad2018">{{cite news |title=Russian Extradited to U.S. to Face Cybercrime Charges Pleads Not Guilty |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-programmer-detained-in-spain-has-been-extradited-to-u-s-1517599611 |access-date=April 30, 2023 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 2, 2018 |quote=A Russian programmer who had been arrested in Spain in a high-profile case that pitted the U.S. against Russia on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of running a vast network of computers for criminal purposes.}}</ref> | | Levashov was described by Spamhaus as "[o]ne of the longest operating criminal spam-lords on the internet," who collaborated with many other Eastern European and U.S. based botnet spammers, as well as American spammer Alan Ralsky.Peter Levashov was arrested by Spanish officials while in Barcelona, at the request of the United States Department of Justice.[5] He was suspected by the United States of being the kingpin behind the Kelihos botnet and was extradited to the United States, arriving on 2 February 2018. Russia had filed a competing extradition request, but the Spanish high court in October 2017 approved Levashov’s extradition to the U.S., rejecting the Russian counterclaim. |
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