STORY – Detained in Morocco, he is accused of having stolen computer data. Washington requests his extradition.
Claimed by American justice, Sébastien Raoult, 21, faces up to 116 years in prison across the Atlantic. On May 31, as he was leaving his vacation spot in Morocco, heading for Brussels, the Vosgien was arrested at Rabat-Salé airport. In question: an Interpol red notice issued against him by an American prosecutor. The young man was imprisoned on 1er June in Tiflet 2 prison, east of the Moroccan capital. “He sleeps on the floor and takes a cold shower a week”his father, Paul Raoult, said on Tuesday at a press conference in Paris.
The former computer science student at Epitech Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) – he had, according to his father, put his studies on hold to travel this year – has been in the sights of the FBI for several years. The American services suspect him of being “one of the important members” of the ShinyHunters, a group of hackers. He would have participated in the theft of several million data.
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