Identity Theft: Karim Baratov

identity theft: The Canadian Press By Alyshah Hasham Staff Reporter Wed., March 15, 2017 A 22-year-old Kazakh-Canadian man with expensive taste is facing charges of identity theft and conspiracy to commit computer fraud in connection with one of the biggest data breaches ever the theft of 500 million Yahoo user accounts in early 2014, according to Toronto Star. Karim Baratov, a dual national of Kazakhstan and Canada, was arrested on Tuesday morning at his home in Ancaster, Ont. by Toronto Police and handed over to the RCMP, according to police spokesperson Mark Pugash. One neighbour says Karim Baratov mostly kept to himself. Baratov is accused of being paid by two Russian spies to break into the email accounts of targeted individuals, according to a release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The stolen information from the Yahoo hack was used to break into the email accounts of Russian journalists, U.S. and Russian government officials and employees in private-sector companies, according to the Justice Department release. Read more Social media posts detail lavish lifestyle of alleged Yahoo hacker from Canada Article Continued Below Hacker arrests show depth of Trump's isolation when it comes to Russia react-text 154 Karim Baratov was arrested Tuesday morning by Toronto Police at his home in Ancaster Ont. /react-text ASKfm account The two members of the Russian intelligence agency FSB, Dmitry Dokuchaev, 33, and Igor Sushchin, 43, and Russian hacker Aleksey Belan, 29, who was on the FBI's most wanted cyber criminals list and has been previously indicted twice for computer fraud, are facing more serious charges of criminal espionage, computer hacking and conspiracy-related offences after being indicted along with Baratov by a grand jury in northern California at the end of February. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.