Well, well, well. Crime does pay: Ransomware creeps let off with community service

Well, well, well. Crime does pay: Ransomware creeps let off with community service

6 years ago
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/27/ransomware_coinvault_community_service/

Two men who masterminded various Coinvault ransomware infections will carry out 240 hours of community service as punishment for screwing over 1,200 computers and banking around €10,000 (£9k, $12k) in profit.

The sentence was handed down by a court in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, where it was ruled brothers Melvin and Dennis van den B. had earned leniency based on their cooperation with police, lack of a criminal record, and young ages at the time they were collared in 2015. Melvin was 22 and Dennis 18 at the time of their arrest.