Export Compliance Daily is a Warren News publication.

Federal Jury Convicts Former USSR Citizen of Cyber Crimes

A federal jury convicted a Latvian resident of three counts of cybercrime involving his “Scan4You” program, an online counter-antivirus service targeting U.S. businesses, DOJ announced Wednesday evening. It said Ruslans Bondars, 37, a citizen of the former USSR and therefore…

Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article

Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.

a Latvian "non-citizen," was convicted of one count of conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of computer intrusion with intent to cause damage and aiding and abetting. Sentencing is set for Sept. 21.