Two of 16 arrested Russians sentenced for cyber crime in US

NEW YORK, October 8 (Itar-Tass) -- Two of the 16 Russians arrested for
cyber crimes in the United States have pleaded guilty of money laundering
and were sentenced to prison terms and fines, according to Russian
Vice-Consul in New York Alexander Otchainov.
He told Tass on Thursday Anton Yuferitsin was sentenced to 10 months
in prison and a fine of 38.413 dollars yet in June. Another accused,
Alexander Sorokin, was sentenced to six months and a fine of 100 dollars.
Sorokin, who was released on bail, did not appear in court and Otchainov
believes he has fled to Russia.
The third accused who also confessed, Alexander Fedorov, will be
likely tried on January 5.
U.S. authorities accused 37 foreigners of stealing up to three million
dollars from a hundred bank accounts through fraud. Twenty-one of them are
listed as Russian nationals. Sixteen have been arrested and five are on
the wanted list - Artem Semenov, Almira Rakhmatulina, Yulia Shpirko,
Nikolai Garifulin, and Ilya Karasev.
However Otchainov said official notifications have been received only
about twelve arrested Russian nationals. The consulate general requested
the State Department and the FBI to clarify the situation. Otchainov
recalled there are a lot of Russian names among the accused, but their
nationality has not been identified.
The diplomat said the arrested are kept in a Manhattan prison. "There
were no complaints from them, except for the quality of food," he said