Friday, 17 March 2017
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A Canadian man of Kazakh origins who was
arrested in a massive hack of Yahoo emails appeared briefly via video
link in a Hamilton, Ontario court on Friday where a date has been set
for his bail hearing.
Karim Baratov did not say anything during his appearance, looking straight ahead with his hands in front of him.
The 22-year-old hacker is set to appear again on April 5.
He was arrested under
the extradition act on Tuesday in the Ontario community of Ancaster.
Baratov, also known as “Kay,” “Karim Taloverov” and “Karim Akehmet
Tokbergenov,” is a Canadian and Kazakh national and a resident of
Canada.
U.S. authorities said earlier this
week that Baratov and three others, including two men alleged to be
officers of the Russian Federal Security Service, were indicted for
computer hacking, economic espionage and other crimes.
Baratov’s lawyer
Amedeo Dicarlo has said the allegations against his client are unfounded
and that he will fight efforts to have his client extradited to the
United States.
“Our essential goal is to
get Mr. Baratov out,” Dicarlo told reporters outside court before
Baratov’s Friday hearing. “This is an attack by the U.S. government,
it’s a challenge by the U.S. government. We are fighting that
challenge.”
“I cannot describe
what Karim does nor who he is until the time is right,” he said.
Baratov’s family is also asking for privacy, he said.
People
who said they know Baratov told The Associated Press he’s an exotic car
buff who has owned an Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Porsche and Mercedes,
among others. His Facebook page is peppered with photos of cars and
includes one post in which he says he was suspended from school four
years ago for threatening to kill a former friend as a joke.
Dicarlo said his client is
“healthy” and “confident” but declined to answer questions about
Baratov’s personal life or profession, describing him only as an
“entrepreneur.”
Friend Saqar Khudairy
confirmed the Facebook profile as Baratov’s and said his pal told him he
owned a network of servers that hosted websites, mainly in Russia.
Mike
Le, owner of All In Detailings in Mississauga, Ontario, said Baratov
was once a popular and flashy client but reserved about anything
personal and very secretive about his life.
The
three other suspects in the case are Dmitry Aleksandrovich Dokuchaev,
33, Igor Anatolyevich Sushchin, 43, and Alexsey Alexseyevich (Magg)
Belan, 29, all Russian nationals and residents. It’s not clear whether
they will ever set foot in an American courtroom because the U.S. does
not have an extradition treaty with Russia.
Dokuchaev
and Sushchin are said to be Russian intelligence agents who allegedly
masterminded and directed the hacking, the U.S. Justice Department has
said.
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