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Russian national Ilya Angelov was sentenced after pleading guilty to managing a botnet as co-leader of a cybercrime group known as Mario Kart. The botnet was used to deploy ransomware attacks, including BitPaymer ransomware. This group was also known under the names TA-551, Shathak, Gold Cabin and Monster Libra. He received two years in prison and was fined $100,000.