Russian National Zhukov Extradited To US From Bulgaria - Russian Embassy In US

Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published January 19, 2019 | 05:27 AM

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th January, 2019) Russian national A. Zhukov was extradited to the United States from Bulgaria, the Russian embassy in the United States said, noting that the consulate general staff would visit him in jail in the near future.

"On January 18, 2019, Russian national A. Zhukov was extradited from Bulgaria to the United States ... A. Zhukov is currently in a prison in Brooklyn, New York.

The staff of the Russian consulate general in New York will visit their compatriot in prison in the near future and provide all the necessary consular assistance to him," the embassy said in a statement.

The embassy noted that Zhukov had been charged with conspiring for the purposes of carrying out computer fraud.

In November, the US Department of Justice said it had indicted six citizens of Russia and two citizens of Kazakhstan for their involvement in an advertising fraud scheme. Aleksandr Zhukov was among those indicted in the case.