Israel Extradites Russian Hacker to the U.S. Ignoring Russian Exchange Requests

On November 12, 2019, Aleksi Burkov, a Russian national, made his initial appearance in the United States District Court in Alexandria, Virginia, on charges concerning his alleged operation of two websites devoted to the facilitation of payment card fraud, computer hacking, and other crimes.[1] The U.S. Attorney unsealed the indictment on the day Burkov, 29, arrived in Virginia after Israel extradited him.