Cybercriminal sentenced to 50 months for role in hacking campaign
Hackers Targeted International Financial System
On Monday morning at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Qendrim Dobruna, a member of an international cybercrime syndicate, was sentenced to 50 months imprisonment and restitution in the amount of $14 million for his role in hacking into the computer systems of U.S.-based financial institutions, stealing prepaid debit card data and eliminating withdrawal limits. The stolen card data was then disseminated worldwide and used in making fraudulent ATM withdrawals in excess of $14 million in a single weekend.
The sentencing was held before U.S. District Judge I. Leo Glasser. Dobruna pleaded guilty to bank fraud on July 11, 2014.
The sentence was announced by Kelly T. Currie, acting U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Robert J. Sica, special agent in charge, U.S. Secret Service, New York Field Office.