Hong Kong Extradites Pakistan National for Computer Crime

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Thursday, August 15, 2019
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
35
Issue: 
8
Abstract: 

On August 5, 2019, prosecutors unsealed an indictment of Muhammad Fahd, a 34-year-old Pakistan national, who Hong Kong extradited to the United States.  A federal grand jury indictment in Seattle, Washington charges him with paying insiders at AT&T to plant malware and otherwise misuse computer networks to unlock cellphones in a 14-count federal indictment also unsealed on August 5.[1]