Chronopay director Pavel Vrublevsky
repeatedly came into the view of law enforcement, but has never been convicted so far. However, now he will not be able to avoid punishment: the investigation managed to get a
frank recognition of the Russian businessman that he organized a DDoS attack that blocked the purchase of electronic tickets on the Aeroflot website (competitive Assist system).
Unlike
past rumors , now it is official information that is transmitted by the Interfax agency from the courtroom, where the defense appeal was considered yesterday.
The court rejected the cassation appeal of the defense, which requested that the entrepreneur be released on bail of 30 million rubles. The lawyer stressed that her client fully admitted his guilt, repented, "actively cooperates with the investigation, exposes himself and his accomplices." The investigation is almost complete, all the evidence of guilt collected.
The general director of the Russian company ChronoPay, the chairman of the e-commerce committee at NAUET, a member of the working group under the Ministry of Communications in the Spam direction, is charged under Part 1 of Article 272 (illegal access to computer information), Part 2 of Article 273 (creation, use and distribution of computer malware). Both provide for imprisonment from 3 to 7 years. According
to the lawyer , given the mitigating circumstances, the defendant will receive a suspended sentence of no more than three years.
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Other actions attributed to Wroblewski (forum for porn webmasters, pharma business on the Internet, spamming), apparently, are not considered in this criminal case.