Nevada’s District Court sentenced Russian Hydra Kryuchkov, who recognized the guilt in an attempt to hack a computer network of Tesla, by 10 months of imprisonment and deportation from the United States. He was recognized as guilty of conspiring in order to damage the company, reports Associated Press.
hooks have already departed a designated period, but it will remain in custody until he is deported.
Also, the court decided to recover $ 14,825 from him (1,089,250 rubles) as compensation for the cost of the investigation. If hooks want to return to the United States, a federal supervision of three years will be installed behind him.
Russian himself during the video meeting announced that he regrets his actions, and apologized for the “bad decision.”
Earlier in March, 27-year-old Egor Hooks in court in the United States recognized himself guilty in an attempt to organize cyberatak on the computer network of Tesla. The Russian tried to hire a company employee for one million dollars to introduce a Trojan program to the TESLA internal network. After that, hooks planned to blackmail the company’s management.
Nevada’s federal jury presented the official accusation of hooked in September 2020. He entered the United States on a Russian passport and a tourist visa. After the FBI has contacted him, the Russian tried to fly out of the country.