Germany Extradites Alleged Mastermind of Global Cybercrime Campaigns to the U.S.

On June 24, 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the unsealing of an indictment in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York, charging Ercan Findikoglu, a Turkish citizen also known as “Segate,” with organizing three worldwide cyberattacks that caused $55 million in losses on the global financial system.  The German government arrested and extradited Findikoglu to the U.S.