A Russian professional basketball player has been arrested for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang.
26-year old Daniil Kasatkin, was reportedly arrested last month at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after flying in with his fiancée.
6′ 7″ tall Kasatkin, who until recently was playing for Moscow basketball team MBA, was arrested at the request of US prosecutors who believe that he negotiated ransom payments as part of a criminal operation that has attacked some 900 organ
