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French police arrest Russian basketball player accused of ransomware: Report


Daniil Kasatkin was reportedly arrested in a Paris airport on June 21 at the request of U.S. authorities.

French authorities have arrested a Russian professional basketball player who is accused of being a member of a ransomware gang, according to newswire Agence France-Presse. Kasatkin was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on June 21. Kasatkin’s lawyer Frederic Belot told the AFP that his client is innocent.

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