WASHINGTON, D.C.: A Canadian man has been extradited to the United States to face charges in connection with ransomware attacks that netted tens of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency, the Justice Department said Thursday (Friday in Manila). Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, 34, was extradited on Wednesday and is to appear before a federal court in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, the department said in a statement. Vachon-Desjardins, of Gatineau, Quebec, was arrested in Canada in January 2021 and sentenced by a Canadian court to nearly seven years in prison for his role in so-called NetWalker ransomware attacks. During a search of his home, officers seized 719 bitcoins currently valued at $28.15 million and $790,000 in Canadian currency, according to the Justice Department.
