Romanian gets three-year jail for ATM skimming operation

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Romanian national, who underwent trial in the sensational 2016 ATM heist cases, has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after being found guilty of data theft and hacking.

The sentence on Ilie Gabriel Marian was pronounced by the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court here on Thursday.

Concluding the trial that lasted for about 44 months, the court found that the accused had committed offences under the IT Act Section 66 and 43 in all the seven cases that were registered against him.