Artur Boiko: 2 Years and 7 Months for Cyber Crime

The great attention Estonia puts on its world-famous IT sector found an important confirmation with the verdict pronounced on Wednesday the 10th by Harju County Court that punished Artur Boiko with two years and seven months of prison and an enormous fine for some cyber attacks occurred between 2004 and 2007.According to the charges, Artur Boiko was found guilty of causing damages for over six million kroons to a large number of Estonian companies that included top-level names as Mikrolink Eesti AS, If Eesti Kindlustus and Starman.Since the pre-trial incarceration has been included in the prison term, Boiko now has to spend “only” one year and one day in prison, even if his main concern not is probably that, in addition to imprisonment, the man will have to compensate for the damages his activities caused, in the total amount of 6.5 million kroons.