Vitaly Korchevsky and Vladislav Khalupsky worked with cybercriminals to hack major newswire companies and lift press releases ahead of their distribution. Using the stolen data, which included non-public financial information, they traded in the stock market and generated $30M in illicit profit. The duo was among nine defendants charged in relation to this scheme in August 2015. Each defendant could face a maximum prison sentence of 20 years; three who remain at large are at large.”]