Recent posts on social media indicate that Algerian hacker Hamza Bendelladj, who was arrested in Thailand in 2013 and extradited to the U.S. on various cyber-charges, has been sentenced to death. U.S. ambassador to Algeria, Joan Plaschik, took to Twitter to refute these claims, tweeting in French that cyber-crimes do not carry the death penalty in the U.S., and that despite having plead guilty on June 26, Bendelladj's verdict will only be announced in a few months.
When Bendelladj was extradited to the U.S., the FBI stated that "if convicted, Bendelladj faces a maximum sentence of up to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud; up to 20 years for each wire fraud count; up to five years for conspiracy to commit computer fraud; up to five or 10 years for each count of computer fraud; and fines of up to $14 million."
Source: Hackread.com, September 1, 2015.
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