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Friday, December 16, 2016 Did Russia Meddle In the Great Financial Services Hack Case? Vladimir Putin's government may have tried to interfere in the massive financial services hacking case involving Fidelity [profile], J.P. Morgan [profile], and other financial services and media giants. [See MFWire's living timeline for more updates and history on the great financial services hack.]
"It took us several months of fighting with the Russian authorities to actually get him on a plane," Brafman reportedly said to the judge. "In that period, he was offered full asylum by Russian authorities and rejected it." Aaron, a 32-year-old native Marylander and one of nine people charged in the alleged conspiracy, returned to the U.S. on Wednesday and was arrested at JFK airport in Queens before pleading not guilty to 16 criminal charges. He had been in Russia since May 2015, and he had been detained in a Moscow-area facility for illegal immigrants since May 2016. Printed from: MFWire.com/story.asp?s=55369 Copyright 2016, InvestmentWires, Inc. All Rights Reserved |