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Peter Levashov is a Russian spammer and virus creator. He was described by The Spamhaus Project as one of the longest functioning criminal spam operators on the internet. In July 2021, a US federal judge overruled government recommendations for a 12 to 14.5 year prison sentence, giving a sentence instead of time served, with three years of supervision. Levashov remains in the US, having started a business called SeveraDAO. | '''Peter Levashov''' is a Russian spammer and virus creator. He was described by The Spamhaus Project as one of the longest functioning criminal spam operators on the internet. In July 2021, a US federal judge overruled government recommendations for a 12 to 14.5 year prison sentence, giving a sentence instead of time served, with three years of supervision. Levashov remains in the US, having started a business called SeveraDAO. | ||
== Background == | |||
== Background == | |||
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 (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 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> | |||