In January earlier this year the US Government alleged Latvian national Deniss Calovskis was an instigator behind the highly profitable Gozi Trojan.
Calovskis was then targeted by the US Government who immediately filed for extradition papers so Calovskis could face trial in the US.
Remarkably it's the US's apparently heavy handed demands which have come to Calovskis's rescue (wanting at least a sixty year sentence) as the Latvian legal system views them as excessive and disproportionate and has so far refused to concede to extradition despite several as yet unsuccessful attempts by the US Government.
The Gozi virus was a highly lucrative 'Man in The Browser' (MiTB) Trojan which spread to more than a million computers worldwide and was used to successfully extract huge sums of money collectively from victims' bank accounts. MiTB Trojans infect browsers and, amongst other things, have so far been typically used to redirect funds when users carry out transfers via online banking websites.
It's not all going Calovskis's way though as Latvian authorities have raised the prospect of him facing trial in Latvia if it can be proven that he has broken Latvian law.
The BBC also discusses this article here.
