Friday 25 October 2019
Andrei Rybkin, an employee of one of Russia’s premier nuclear weapons research and development center, has been handed a three-year prison sentence for illegally mining cryptocurrencies at work. Rybkin, who was sentenced by the Sarov City Court on Thursday, was one of three people involved in the illicit mining operation, according to Russian news outlet Meduza. Alongside the prison sentence, Rybkin has also been ordered to pay a $3,122 (200,000 ruble) fine. Specific charges relating to the case include propagating viruses and gaining illegal access to information by using a professional position. Andrei Shatokhin, and Denis Baykov, who worked with…
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