The Latest: Russian convicted of hacking into US businesses
The lawyer representing the Russian man convicted of hacking into U.S. businesses said after the verdict was read that he plans to appeal.
A Russian man accused of orchestrating an international online theft scheme has been found guilty of hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card information.
A jury is weighing whether the son of a Russian lawmaker hacked into U.S. businesses to steal credit card information and made millions selling the data to criminals.
The victim businesses that form the basis of the charges, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, had to spend tens of thousands of dollars to fix their computers and lost business and customer trust because of the hacks, prosecutors said.
[...] the defense accused the agents involved in the investigation of tampering with the defendant's laptop computer after his arrest.