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A former branch of Netwalker ransomware was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the US, just over three months after the Canadian citizen pleaded guilty to his role in the crimes.
Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 35, was also ordered to strip $21,500,000 in illicit proceeds from dozens of victims globally, including companies, municipalities, hospitals, law enforcement law, emergency services, school districts, colleges and universities.
Launched in 2019, Netwalker attacks are particularly focused on the field health care During the COVID-19 pandemic, taking advantage of the situation opportunistically to blackmail victims.
“The defendant in this case used sophisticated technological means to exploit hundreds of victims in multiple countries at the height of an international health crisis,” said US Attorney Roger B. Handberg. in Florida’s Central District.
Vachon-Desjardins, an IT engineer working for the Canadian government, was extradited to the US earlier this March. A month earlier, an Ontario court had sentenced him to six years and eight months in prison.
Defendant was apprehended by Canadian law enforcement officers in Quebec City on January 27, 2022, resulting in the seizure of C$742,840 and 719 bitcoins, worth $21,849,087 at the time. and $14,463,993 as of today.
