From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2009 - 11:17:29 CST

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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/08/hacker_30yr_jail_stretch_turkey/

A Ukrainian fraudster linked to the infamous TJX hack was sentenced to a
30 year prison sentence in Turkey on unrelated charges this week.

Maksym Yastremskiy (AKA Maksik) was found guilty of hacking into the
computer systems of 12 Turkish banks, as well as committing computer fraud
against them, according to local reports. The court also reportedly fined
Yastremskiy $23,200.

Yastremskiy was arrested by police in Turkey in July 2007, after visiting
a nightclub in the beach resort of Kemer, in an operation US law
enforcement agencies soon realised was key to unraveling the TJX hacking
case.

It emerged within weeks that Yastremskiy was fencing hundreds of hundreds
of thousands of credit card numbers linked to hacking attacks at US retail
outlets, including TJX, through various underground carders forums.
Yastremskiy was charged last August with trafficking in stolen credit card
information harvested from a string of retail firms including TJX,
OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, Forever 21, DSW, and Marshall's, among others.

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