8-17-95. FPeach: "Russian 'in $2.8m Citibank computer fraud'." Citibank New York fell victim to a $2.8m fraud after a Russian computer hacker penetrated the bank's security system in Wall Street and removed the money from the accounts of corporate clients, it was claimed in a London court yesterday. The alleged fraud was carried out by a 24 year-old mathematics graduate using a computer in his office in St Petersburg, claim the US authorities, which are seeking his extradition from the UK. 8-17-95. NYPaper: "Russian Accused of Citibank Computer Fraud." A judge set another hearing for Sept. 15 after Mr. Levin's lawyer argued that the Government has not shown that any computer in the United States was involved. Stereo: 28M_dip (about 6kb)
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