A Russian national was sentenced to 60 months in prison on Wednesday for attempting to steal $1.5 million in tax refunds by hacking into tax preparation firms, the Department of Justice announced. Anton Bogdanov, a 35-year-old who is also known online as “Kusok,” participated in a scheme in which he stole personal information and used it to file fraudulent tax returns on behalf of Americans between June 2014 and November 2016…
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