Overview

• Daniil Kasatkin was arrested on June 21 at Charles de Gaulle Airport at the request of U.S. authorities who accuse him of negotiating for a ransomware gang that attacked hundreds of companies and federal agencies.
• He faces a conspiracy to commit computer fraud charge as French courts prepare to consider his extradition.
• The Russian Embassy in Paris has formally demanded timely consular visits, citing a pattern of delays in access to detained Russian citizens.
• His lawyer, Frédéric Bélot, maintains Kasatkin lacks any computer expertise and contends hackers manipulated a second-hand laptop he purchased.
• The case underscores the complexities of international cybercrime prosecutions and tests France’s extradition framework with the United States.