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The citizen of Russia Peter Levashov accused of hacker attacks and the creation of malicious software is extradited from Spain to the United States. This was reported on the website of the American Ministry of Justice.

"The investigation believes that Levashov controlled and controlled the Kelihos botnet, which was used to distribute hundreds of millions of fraudulent letters a year, intercept these financial accounts of thousands of Americans and spread the beam virus through our networks," the report said.

In the district court in the state of Connecticut, Levashov announced his innocence, TASS reports . “He appeared to the court and said that he was innocent,” said Russian lawyer Igor Litvak. According to him, at least until Monday Levashov will be kept in prison in the city of Bridgport "And we'll see on Monday," the lawyer noted. The prosecutor's office insists on the maintenance of Levashov in custody before the start of the trial.

On April 7, the Spanish police detained Levashov in a rented apartment in Barcelona, ​​where he was resting with his family. As his wife Maria told RT, the police explained that the arrest was connected with hacker attacks in order to influence the elections in the United States.

On April 22, in the United States, Levashov, also known as Peter North and Sergey Astakhov, charged with episodes of intentional causing damage to the secure computer, gaining access to secure computers as a result of fraudulent actions, fraud using electronic means of communication, threats to damage the secure computer, the surveillance of personal data with aggravating circumstances, and criminal conspiracy, criminal consignment as well as two facts of fraud with email.

The investigation is conducted by the FBI units of New Hayven and Anchorija. The accusation is supported by US prosecutor's assistants Vanessa Richards and David Juan. At the same time, the message does not mention Levashov’s connection with cyber attacks on the American electoral system.

In October, the High Court of Spain satisfied the US request for the issuance of Levashov. In court, he claimed that he worked for United Russia and collected information for the opposition. "I am an officer of the Russian army, I have a secret military specialty and I gave a non -disclosure subscription," Levashov also said, without citing military service details. He also stated that in the United States they would torture him, and threatened to commit suicide. In United Russia, Levashov’s statements about cooperation with the party were refuted.