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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Peter Levashov</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%;">Петр Юрьевич Левашов</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Severa_Levashov.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Peter_Severa_Levashov.png/220px-Peter_Severa_Levashov.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Peter_Severa_Levashov.png/330px-Peter_Severa_Levashov.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Peter_Severa_Levashov.png/440px-Peter_Severa_Levashov.png 2x" data-file-width="1276" data-file-height="1274" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Peter Yuryevich Levashov</div><br />1980 (age 43–44)<sup id="cite_ref-APstory2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APstory2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace">Russia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">Russian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Petr Levashov, Peter Severa, Petr Severa, Sergey Astakhov<sup id="cite_ref-HackerNews201809_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HackerNews201809-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Spammer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">alleged operation of the <a href="/wiki/Kelihos_botnet" title="Kelihos botnet">Kelihos botnet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://severadao.ai/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29617608#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Peter Levashov</b> is a Russian <a href="/wiki/Spamming" title="Spamming">spammer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Computer_virus" title="Computer virus">virus</a> creator. He was described by <a href="/wiki/The_Spamhaus_Project" title="The Spamhaus Project">The Spamhaus Project</a> as one of the longest functioning criminal spam operators on the internet. In July 2021, a US federal judge overruled government recommendations for a 12 to 14.5 year prison sentence, giving a sentence instead of time served, with three years of supervision. Levashov remains in the US, having started a business called SeveraDAO. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Levashov, born in 1980, graduated in 1997 from the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Petersburg" title="Saint Petersburg">Saint Petersburg</a> High School No. 30 of Math and Science. He started a bulk-mailing service, registered to his own name, in 2002. <sup id="cite_ref-APstory2017_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APstory2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Levashov (as "Peter Severa, age unknown, of Russia") is alleged to have worked with US spammer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ralsky" title="Alan Ralsky">Alan Ralsky</a>, who was indicted in 2008 and later jailed for spam email promotions for <a href="/wiki/Pump_and_dump" title="Pump and dump">pump and dump</a>" schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-APstory2017_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-APstory2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Levashov was described by <a href="/wiki/Spamhaus" class="mw-redirect" title="Spamhaus">Spamhaus</a> as "[o]ne of the longest operating criminal spam-lords on the internet," who collaborated with many other Eastern European and U.S. based <a href="/wiki/Botnet" title="Botnet">botnet</a> <a href="/wiki/Spamming" title="Spamming">spammers</a>, as well as American spammer <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ralsky" title="Alan Ralsky">Alan Ralsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Peter Levashov was arrested by Spanish officials while in Barcelona, at the request of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kingpin_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kingpin-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was suspected by the United States of being the kingpin behind the <a href="/wiki/Kelihos_botnet" title="Kelihos botnet">Kelihos botnet</a> and was extradited to the United States, arriving on 2 February 2018. <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> had filed a competing <a href="/wiki/Extradition" title="Extradition">extradition</a> request, but the Spanish high court in October 2017 approved Levashov’s extradition to the U.S., rejecting the Russian counterclaim.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Extrad_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Extrad-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_Extrad2018_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ_Extrad2018-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criminal_case">Criminal case</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Criminal case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The case was <i>U.S. v. Levashov</i>, 17-mj-448, <a href="/wiki/United_States_district_court" title="United States district court">U.S. District Court</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Connecticut" title="United States District Court for the District of Connecticut">District of Connecticut</a> (Bridgeport).,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> assigned to <a href="/wiki/Robert_N._Chatigny" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert N. Chatigny">Robert N. Chatigny</a>, Senior <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Judge" class="mw-redirect" title="United States District Judge">United States District Judge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levashov initially pleaded not guilty to the charges.<sup id="cite_ref-dw030218_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dw030218-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to his lawyer, Petya [Pyotr] Levashov was <a href="/wiki/Remand_(detention)" class="mw-redirect" title="Remand (detention)">detained</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Bridgeport,_Connecticut" title="Bridgeport, Connecticut">Bridgeport, Connecticut</a> prison until at least 5 February 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of July 2021, he had been out of prison on electronic monitoring since January 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-judge_rfl_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_rfl-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levashov ultimately "pleaded guilty to one count of causing intentional damage to a protected computer, one count of conspiracy, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft" according to the U.S. Department of Justice<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and confirmed by media reports.<sup id="cite_ref-judge_rfl_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_rfl-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An affidavit unsealed on February 5, 2018, showed <a href="/wiki/Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple’s</a> unexpected role in bringing Levashov to justice. He allegedly ran the <a href="/wiki/Kelihos_botnet" title="Kelihos botnet">Kelihos botnet</a> under the alias “Severa,” renting out access to spammers and other cybercriminals. Despite Levashov’s significant efforts at anonymity, court records show that federal agents had been surveilling his <a href="/wiki/ICloud" title="ICloud">iCloud</a> account since May 20, 2016, funneling back crucial information that may have led to his arrest.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/RFE/RL" class="mw-redirect" title="RFE/RL">RFE/RL</a>, which cited Levashov's testimony on behalf of the US government in the June, 2021 court case against Oleg Koshkin, Levashov cooperated with the FBI during his imprisonment in the hope of a sentence reduction.<sup id="cite_ref-RFERL2021_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFERL2021-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levashov was released from jail on bond in January 2020 and remained free until his sentencing 18 months later.<sup id="cite_ref-RFERL2021_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RFERL2021-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of at least 12 years, Levashov was released in July, 2021, with federal judge Robert Chatigny saying that the 33 months he had already spent in prison was "a long time."<sup id="cite_ref-TimeMag2021_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeMag2021-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sentence2021_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sentence2021-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Levashov was additionally ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release.<sup id="cite_ref-judge_rfl_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-judge_rfl-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsequent_career">Subsequent career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Subsequent career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since then, Levashov has been working on a new venture, which he calls SeveraDAO, whose goals include teaching computers how to pick stocks.<sup id="cite_ref-TimeMag2021_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TimeMag2021-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a 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RFERL. December 22, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 31,</span> 2022</span>. <q>Levashov was released from custody on bond in January 2020, pending his final sentencing, which came 18 months later. In a follow-up exchange with RFE/RL, Levashov contradicted his earlier court testimony, saying "the U.S. government never paid my living expenses." He said his family had been paying his expenses. But he also confirmed he received some money for computer work he said he did for the government in Connecticut.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=How+A+Convicted+Russian+Cybercriminal+Made+%246%2C000+A+Month+Helping+The+FBI&rft.pub=RFERL&rft.date=2021-12-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rferl.org%2Fa%2Frussia-hacker-fbi-levashov-%2F31621562.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Levashov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TimeMag2021-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-TimeMag2021_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-TimeMag2021_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://time.com/6130729/russian-hacker-peter-levashov-cryptocurrency/">"This Infamous Russian Hacker Wants Your Crypto Investment"</a>. Time Magazine. December 23, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 21,</span> 2023</span>. <q>Prosecutors asked the court to send Levashov to prison for at least 12 years. But in July[2021], Judge Robert Chatigny sentenced Levashov to the 33 months he had already served in jail, plus three years of supervised release.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=This+Infamous+Russian+Hacker+Wants+Your+Crypto+Investment&rft.pub=Time+Magazine&rft.date=2021-12-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F6130729%2Frussian-hacker-peter-levashov-cryptocurrency%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Levashov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sentence2021-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sentence2021_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-sentences-russian-spammer-to-time-served/">"Federal Judge Sentences Russian Spammer to Time Served"</a>. <i>Courthouse News Service</i>. July 20, 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 21,</span> 2023</span>. <q>On Tuesday afternoon, saying he was impressed with Levashov's "prompt and complete acceptance of responsibility," U.S. District Judge Robert Chatigny sentenced the Russian national to time served. "Thirty-three months is a long time and I'm sure it was especially difficult for you considering you were away from your wife and child, away from home," Chatigny said.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Courthouse+News+Service&rft.atitle=Federal+Judge+Sentences+Russian+Spammer+to+Time+Served&rft.date=2021-07-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.courthousenews.com%2Ffederal-judge-sentences-russian-spammer-to-time-served%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APeter+Levashov" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://severadao.ai/">Official website</a></span></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q29617608#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&oldid=1230358479">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Levashov&oldid=1230358479</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Living_people" title="Category:Living people">Living people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Spammers" title="Category:Spammers">Spammers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1980_births" title="Category:1980 births">1980 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation_informants" title="Category:Federal Bureau of Investigation informants">Federal Bureau of Investigation informants</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_hCards" title="Category:Articles with hCards">Articles with hCards</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 22 June 2024, at 07:48<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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