Sébastien Raoult returned to Francebut his freedom was short-lived. Arrested in Morocco in 2022 then extradited to the United States, this 22-year-old young man from Epinal was sentenced by a Seattle court to three years in prison in January after pleading guilty to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. Without this agreement with the American justice system, the hacker, who proclaimed his innocence, risked up to 116 years in prison. He was also fined five million dollars for losses caused to the victim companies.
New indictment in France
Benefiting from a reduced sentence and authorized to return to his country, Sébastien Raoult was arrested as soon as he landed in Francethis Wednesday, December 4, according to information from AFP confirmed to France Bleu Sud Lorraine by his father Paul Raoult who has been leading the fight for many years to have his son released and returned to France.
In France, Sébastien Raoult is worried, according to the AFP, in a judicial investigation, opened in October 2022 by the anti-cybercrime section of the Paris public prosecutor's officefor his alleged involvement in the sale of software allowing the scanning of email servers to launch massive phishing campaigns. He was to be presented this Wednesday to an investigating judge with a view to possible indictment.
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