"Polyanin's cyberattacks with the aim of extortion influenced many companies and organizations in the United States ... Polyanin in total was able to get $ 13 million from his victims," RIA Novosti Garlenda quotes.
He noted that from this amount the authorities managed to confiscate $ 6.1 million of this amount.
The prosecutor also expressed the hope that the authorities of any countries where hackers take refuge will extradite them.
Earlier it was reported that the US authorities intend to bring charges related to cyber extortion to the citizens of Russia and Ukraine.