According to ransomware removal reporters, the Microsoft employee that was charged earlier in 2018 for his involvement in Reveton Ransomware has been sentenced. The punishment includes 18 months in prison as the employee accepts his part in laundering the money while working with the Reveton Ransomware owner.
Ransomware removal experts also dubbed the Reveton Ransomware as police ransomware as it used to pretend to be coming from law enforcement agencies. The ransomware worked by threatening its victims with a screen that informed its users of being caught in the midst of illegal activities while encryption algorithms locked the user files. Victims were asked to pay a ransom amount that ranged from $200 to $300. A 48-hour deadline was provided for payment.
The employee Raymond Odigie Uadiale has not been found guilty for the creation of the ransomware. However, he had a part in the distribution and propagation of the ransomware as well as receiving ransom from the victims. Uadiale participated in the crimes while completing his university education and used the alias of Mike Roland for using debit cards through which he received the ransoms.
Ransomware removal reporters also found out that Uadiale forwarded more than $90,000 to the actual owner of the ransomware while he had 30 percent of the share. The money trail has pointed out the actual Reveton Ransomware owner’s residence in UK.
For the transfer of money, the Liberty Reserve service was used by Uadiale. However, the service is no longer operational as it was terminated by the government authorities in 2013 because its owner accepted that the service was being used for money laundering operations.
Uadiale was given the 18-month sentence in the Southern Florida U.S. District Court with 36 months of supervised release. An agreement was reached before the acceptance of the criminal charges after which Uadiale asked to remove the charge of substantive money laundering.
