RBS WorldPay hacker gets mild sentence

Yevgeny Anikin, a hacker who was convicted of the $9 million hack of RBS WorldPay has avoided jail and has been given only a suspended sentence.

Anikin, a 27 Russian, was given a suspended sentence of five years on Monday, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, after pleading guilty to what the U.S. has called “perhaps the most sophisticated and organized computer fraud attack ever conducted.”

According to the report Anikin expressed regret for his role in the crime and said: “I want to say that I repent and fully admit my guilt.”

The hacker had been under house arrest since 2009 and reportedly bought two apartments in Novosibirsk and a luxury car with his spoils. He told the court that he had begun to pay back the stolen money.

He’s the second hacker in the caper to avoid jail time.