Estonian Maksim Berezan was sentenced to 66 months in prison for his involvement in online fraud schemes. The 37-year-old man was sentenced after pleading guilty in April 2021 to wire fraud and computer intrusions counts. He was a member of the exclusive DirectConnection cybercrime forum Russian-speaking cybercriminals could join after being vetted by three other members. The investigation found that he had participated in at least 13 ransomware attacks, seven against U.S. targets. The victims sent roughly $11 million worth of ransom payments to cryptocurrency wallets under Berezan’s control.”]