Prague appeals court to rule on Russian hacker extradition

[pnwmom]

Source: WRAL.com

PRAGUE — A Prague appeals court is due to rule on an appeal by a Russian man who faces charges of hacking computers at American companies against a lower court decision allowing his extradition to the United States.

Czech authorities arrested Yevgeniy Nikulin in Prague in cooperation with the FBI in October last year. He is accused by U.S. prosecutors of penetrating computers at Silicon Valley firms including LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012.

Moscow also wants him extradited on a separate charge of internet theft in 2009.

Prague's Municipal Court ruled in May that both extradition requests meet the necessary legal conditions.

Read more: http://www.wral.com/prague-appeals-court-to-rule-on-russian-hacker-extradition/17137616/

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Earlier news articles reported that the alleged hacker said that when the FBI interviewed him, they were asking him about the DNC hacking. So this decision could be important to the Mueller investigation.

Whatever the Court decides on the extradition, the Justice Minister will have the final say.

So this might not be over Friday after all. . .

[Roland99]

1. Hopefully its US. GD thread with more info...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029881217