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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> England and Wales High Court (Administrative Court) Decisions >> United States of America v Al-Sarbel [2022] EWHC 1294 (Admin) (25 May 2022) URL: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2022/1294.html Cite as: [2022] EWHC 1294 (Admin) |
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QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL |
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B e f o r e :
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THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
Appellant |
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MOHAMMAD ZAID AL-SARBEL |
Respondent |
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Stefan Hyman (instructed by Hecht Montgomery Solicitors) for the Respondent
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Crown Copyright ©
MR JUSTICE FORDHAM:
From December 2010 to June 2012, in New York and elsewhere [the Requested Person] engaged in numerous computer hacking activities; … illegally accessed more than 200 websites which included protected US Government databases; … fraudulently obtained victims' credit card information, as well as usernames and passwords for various online accounts; … possessed 15 or more counterfeit and unauthorised credit card numbers obtained from hacking into computer systems; … operated his own website which sold the illegally obtained personal identification information and private online account information to others [and] throughout the entirety of the scheme … possessed and transferred victims' personal credit card information, usernames, addresses, dates of birth and password information to those who visited his website.
When I put the description of those alleged offences alongside the five charges the starting point, in my assessment, is that were he to be convicted the Requested Person could expect to face a substantial period of imprisonment in the United States.
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