FBI tricks hacker into jail
Gorshkov, who stole credit card IDs from Internet Service Providers and banks, was also was ordered to pay around $690,000 in damages.
The FBI caught Gorshkov and a second man, Alexey Ivanov, 23, by inviting them over for a job interview with a bogus company.
Gorshkov and Ivanov were asked to prove their hacking skills and, when they did, FBI agents logged their keystrokes and gained access to their passwords.
The agents then used the passwords to hack into a computer network in Russia to download evidence against the pair.
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