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Other firms previously identified as victims included the Dow Jones media group and online brokers Scottrade and ETrade.
Bharara said The defendants criminal schemes allegedly generated hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds.
The charged crimes showcase a brave new world of hacking for profit.
It is no longer hacking merely for a quick payout, but hacking to support a diversified criminal conglomerate.
This was hacking as a business model.
He was originally charged in July along with the others, and faces an arraignment on Friday.
A co-defendant in that case, Yuri Lebedev, is in discussions with prosecutors, Bharara said.
Lawyers for the defendants were not immediately available for comment.
source: www.techworm.net
