Aleksei Burkov

Aleksei Burkov
Aleksei Burkov
	Алексей Юрьевич Бурков
Born	Aleksei Yurievich Burkov; 1990
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	Russian
Known for	Hacking
Conviction(s)	Access device fraud; Conspiracy to commit access device fraud; Identity theft; Computer intrusions; Wire fraud; Money laundering;
Criminal charge	Conspiracy to commit device fraud; Access Device Fraud; Conspiracy to commit wire fraud; Wire fraud; Conspiracy to commit access device fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion, wire fraud, and money laundering;
Penalty	9 years in prison

Aleksei Yurievich Burkov is a Russian national and a convicted computer hacker.

Cyber activities in Russia

From 2009 until at least 2013, Burkov ran a website called “Cardplanet” that sold stolen debit and card numbers, many of them belonging to U.S. citizens, which resulted in over $20 million in fraudulent purchases. He also ran an invite-only website that catered to elite cybercriminals.[1]

Arrest and extradition

Burkov was arrested at Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel in December 2015.[2]

He was extradited to the United States from Israel in November 2019, after appeals to the Israeli Supreme Court and the Israeli High Court of Justice were denied.[3]

On January 23, 2020, he pleaded guilty to one count of access device fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, identity theft, computer intrusions, wire fraud, and money laundering. On June 25, 2020, he was sentenced to nine years in prison.[4]

References

"USA V. BURKOV". United States Department of Justice. February 4, 2016. From at least 2009 through at least August 2013, BURKOV controlled and operated a card shop known as Cardplanet LLC and Cardplanet.cc ("Cardplanet"), which did business through the website http://www.cardplanet.cc (the "Cardplanet Website"). The Cardplanet Website, which contained the user interface for customers who bought stolen payment card data, was hosted on a server located outside the United States. Cardplanet sold payment card date for virtually all major U.S. payment cards, including cards under the Company-1 brand and issued by Bank-1. To date, stolen card data sold on the Cardplanet Website has resulted in estimated fraud losses exceeding $20,000,000.
"Russian arrested in Israel accused of hacking computer databases". Interfax. December 27, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Russian citizen Alexei Burkov, who was arrested in Israel at the request of the US authorities, is accused of cyber security crimes, said the Russian Embassy in Israel.
Duggan, Paul; Jackson, Tom (November 13, 2019). "Israel extradites accused Russian computer hacker to United States". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020.
"Russian National Sentenced to Prison for Operating Websites Devoted to Fraud and Malicious Cyber Activities". United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020.

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[1] "USA V. BURKOV". United States Department of Justice. February 4, 2016. From at least 2009 through at least August 2013, BURKOV controlled and operated a card shop known as Cardplanet LLC and Cardplanet.cc ("Cardplanet"), which did business through the website http://www.cardplanet.cc (the "Cardplanet Website"). The Cardplanet Website, which contained the user interface for customers who bought stolen payment card data, was hosted on a server located outside the United States. Cardplanet sold payment card date for virtually all major U.S. payment cards, including cards under the Company-1 brand and issued by Bank-1. To date, stolen card data sold on the Cardplanet Website has resulted in estimated fraud losses exceeding $20,000,000.

[2] "Russian arrested in Israel accused of hacking computer databases". Interfax. December 27, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Russian citizen Alexei Burkov, who was arrested in Israel at the request of the US authorities, is accused of cyber security crimes, said the Russian Embassy in Israel.

[3] Duggan, Paul; Jackson, Tom (November 13, 2019). "Israel extradites accused Russian computer hacker to United States". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on January 23, 2020.

[4] "Russian National Sentenced to Prison for Operating Websites Devoted to Fraud and Malicious Cyber Activities". United States Department of Justice. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020.