Worked on Putin: The US businessman was sentenced to 9 years in prison (photo)

According to the Prosecutor's Office, Vladislav Klyushin and his partners earned $ 93 million in shares, using illegally obtained information about US companies, including Tesla and Microsoft. The US District Court in Boston sentenced Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin to nine years of prison. About it writes Reuters on September 7. Vladislav Klyushin is the owner of an information technology company called M-13, which worked on the rule of the Russian Federation.

It is reported that in the period from 2018 to 2020 hackers tracked and downloaded not yet announced reports on hundreds of companies, including Tesla and Microsoft. Klyushin was found guilty of participation in the scheme of insider trade. According to the prosecutor's office, the Russian businessman and his partners earned $ 93 million in shares trade on the basis of not yet announced information. Klyushin himself received more than $ 34 million.

The prosecutor's office claims that the M-13 not only worked in the interests of Vladimir Putin's government, but also used the services of the exophitzer of military intelligence of the Russian Federation Ivan Yermakov, who is wanted on suspicion of participation in hacker schemes aimed the year.

Businessman's lawyer Maxim Nemtsev noted that his client "potentially" can become a candidate for the exchange of prisoners between the US and the Russian Federation, but he has no information about whether this option is discussed. Klyushin's lawyers also stated allegedly lack of evidence that he had had insider information and knew about any breakdown.