Frenchman Sébastien Raoult, a 21-year-old former computer science student, was extradited to the United States on Wednesday, where he faces up to 116 years in prison. The US justice accuses him of “conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and abuse”, “serious identity theft”, and of being a member of the “ShinyHUnters”, a group of cybercriminals.
The young Frenchman Sébastien Raoult, accused of cybercrime by the American authorities, was extradited Wednesday afternoon from Morocco to the United States, AFP learned from a Moroccan police source. “The extradition took place this Wednesday at Casablanca airport on board a flight to New York. The operation was carried out by FBI agents,” said the police source, who requested anonymity.
Up to 116 years in prison
Sébastien Raoult is accused by American justice of “conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and abuse”, “serious identity theft”, and of being a member of the “ShinyHUnters”, a group of “cybercriminals” suspected by American justice. to be behind corporate cyberattacks. This 21-year-old former computer science student from Epinal was arrested on May 31, 2022 in Tangier (northern Morocco) on the basis of a red notice issued by Interpol at the request of American justice.
His lawyer, Me Philippe Ohayon, had seized the UN Committee against Torture at the end of December, fearing his imminent extradition to the United States, but this body refused to register his request. Questioned on Wednesday by AFP, the spokesperson for the Quai d’Orsay, Anne-Claire Legendre, affirmed that “the timetable for the extradition of Mr. Sébastien Raoult is a matter of sovereign relations between Morocco and the United States”. . In the United States, the ex-student faces up to 116 years in prison if convicted, according to Me Ohayon.