The Dutch government approved the extradition to the US of a Russian citizen Vladimir Drinkman accused of belonging to hacker attacks and the theft of More than 160 million credit card numbers.

By assumption the investigation, the citizens of Russia Vladimir Drinkman, Alexander Kalinin, Roman Kotov, Dmitry Smilianets and Ukrainian Mikhail Rytikov for seven years penetrated computer networks of major U.S. and international organizations, of which downloaded data is not less than 160 million credit and debit cards, which are then resold to third-party buyers. The Prosecutor calls a hacker attack the largest in U.S. history.

in mid-April, the court in Rotterdam upheld the extradition requests of Drinkman and in the United States and the Russian Federation. To decide what kind of country will send out Drinkman, had the Dutch Ministry of justice.

the Commissioner of the Ministry of justice yov van de Sande on Tuesday told the associated Press that the head of the Department Ivo Opstelten decided to extradite Drinkman in the United States.

Charges four Russians and a Ukrainian citizen was charged in absentia by a court of the U.S. state of new Jersey. Smiljana and Drinkman in 2012 turned out to hold the authorities of the Netherlands. In September 2012, Smilianets was extradited to the United States, where he appeared before the court on which said about his innocence, and until now placed under arrest.

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