Finland to extradite Russian IT fraud suspect to US

Finland has decided to extradite to the United States a Russian citizen suspected of computer fraud, the government said today.
"The Ministry of Justice has decided to extradite Russian national Maxim Senakh to the United States for trial," the ministry wrote in a statement.
US authorities had requested the extradition of Senakh who is suspected in the US state of Minnesota of attacking servers around the world with malware to attain millions of dollars illegally.
Senakh was detained at the Finnish-Russian border in August when he was returning home to Russia from a holiday.
The Russian foreign ministry objected to his arrest and possible extradition at the time.

The Finnish justice ministry's decision cannot be appealed after the High Court decided in December to endorse Senakh's extradition.
Finland, which shares a 1,340-kilometre (830-mile) border with Russia, has tried to maintain good relations with its powerful neighbour since the end of World War II.