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Russian Businessman Taken By U.S. Accused of Swiping Earnings Reports From Tesla, Others
Gizmodo ^ | 20 December 2021 | Dell Cameron

Posted on 12/21/2021 9:22:29 PM PST by blueplum

Swiss authorities in Zurich put Vladislav Klyushin, a Russian businessman widely noted for his Kremlin ties, on a flight bound for the U.S. on Saturday, ending a months-long extradition fight that cast a pall over this summer’s Putin-Biden talks in Geneva.

Swiss reporters first confirmed Klyushin’s extradition Saturday night; the U.S. Justice Department on Monday said the 41-year-old, a top official at Moscow-based IT firm called M-13, would stand trial on charges of insider trading, citing information allegedly “stolen from U.S. computer networks,” netting “tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits.”

The charges carry potentially decades’ worth of prison time.

Klyushin, whose company advertises cybersecurity and media-monitoring....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cybersecurity; espionage; gru; klyushin; m13; russia; spy; sweden; switzerland; tesla; vladislavklyushin

1 posted on 12/21/2021 9:22:29 PM PST by blueplum
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
He'll be handed over to Putin by the Brainless Corrupticrat in exchange for a bunch of other concessions from the US.

2 posted on 12/21/2021 9:39:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: blueplum

Since our US politicians do insider trading, is the hacking part what he’s in trouble for?


3 posted on 12/21/2021 10:30:11 PM PST by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: blueplum

Soon to be give US citizenship and a seat in congress!


4 posted on 12/22/2021 12:10:42 AM PST by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism )
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To: blueplum

But Nancy Pelosi says we have a free market!


5 posted on 12/22/2021 1:00:48 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: sockmonkey

the 10% - he didn’t pay the 10%


6 posted on 12/22/2021 2:27:06 AM PST by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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