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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Arrest of Defendant Charged With Participation In Massive Hacks Into U.S. Financial Institutions
Joshua Samuel Aaron, 32, a U.S. citizen who had been residing in Moscow, Russia, was arrested earlier today at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Aaron, also known as ‘Mike Shields,’ is charged alongside defendant Gery Shalon, a/k/a ‘Garri Shalelashvili,’ a/k/a ‘Gabriel,’ a/k/a ‘Gabi,’ a/k/a ‘Phillipe Mousset,’ a/k/a ‘Christopher Engeham,’ with crimes arising out of Shalon’s and Aaron’s orchestration of massive computer hacking crimes against U.S. financial institutions, brokerage firms, and financial news publishers.
Shalon and Aaron are accused of committing these crimes in furtherance of securities market manipulation schemes that Shalon and Aaron perpetrated with defendant Ziv Orenstein, a/k/a ‘Aviv Stein,’ a/k/a ‘John Avery.’
Aaron will be presented this afternoon in Manhattan federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge James C. Francis IV. Aaron is expected to appear before United States District Judge Laura Taylor Swain tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.
The charges against Aaron, Shalon, and Orenstein were made public on November 10, 2015.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said: ‘Joshua Samuel Aaron allegedly worked to hack into the networks of dozens of American companies, ultimately leading to the largest theft of personal information from U.S. financial institutions ever.’
Aaron is charged with the following offenses, which carry the maximum prison terms listed below:
- Conspiracy to commit computer hacking (5 years)
- Computer hacking (5 years)
- Computer hacking (5 years)
- Conspiracy to commit securities fraud (5 years)
- Conspiracy to commit wire fraud: Securities Market Manipulation Scheme (5 years)
Aaron’s arrest is the result of an investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (‘FBI’) and the U.S. Secret Service.
Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Cybercrime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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