Karakurt extortion gang ‘cold case’ negotiator gets 8.5 years in prison

Published on May 5, 2026

A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his "cold case" negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group. [...]

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