A massive scheme
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/russian-king-of-fraud-sentenced-to-10-years-for-methbot-botnet/
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sentenced a Russian man for operating a large-scale digital advertising fraud scheme called 'Methbot' ('3ve') that stole at least $7 million from American companies.
Aleksandr Zhukov, aka the "King of Fraud," was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in the U.S. and ordered to forfeit the total sum of his assets, amounting to $3,827,493.