A 35-year-old citizen of Belarus was to appear in U.S. District Court in Seattle Friday (Jan. 22) following his arrest last year in Vienna, Austria, and extradition to the Western District of Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes.
Alexander Mihailovski was indicted in August 2012 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, accessing a protected computer in furtherance of fraud, and intentional damage to a protected computer, according to a federal news release.
Mihailovski was to appear initially before U.S. Magistrate Judge John L. Weinberg.
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