Russian with alleged ties to Putin convicted in hack-and-trade scheme

The Russian owner of a technology company with purported links to the Kremlin was convicted on Tuesday in Boston on charges related to hacking into computer networks to get advanced information on stock movements. 

Vladislav Klyushin, 42, was convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to obtain unauthorized access to computers and to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. The latter carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, while the hacking charge could bring up to a …

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