TAR cancels extradition decree of a hacker to the USA

The first section of the Lazio Regional Administrative Court, chaired by Roberto Politi, annulled the decree of the Minister of Justice of 17 February 2026 which granted the United States Government the extradition of a Kazakh hacker, Roman Yuryevich Khlynovskiy, aged 43, partially accepting the appeal presented by the latter's defenders, lawyers Alexandro Maria Tirelli and Francesca Monticone.

The man is accused by the US authorities of being part of a group of hackers who paralyzed the activities of hospitals in some US states for three days, to unblock them after pocketing a ransom of hundreds of millions of dollars. The hackers also stole data from US politicians.

The TAR found a lack of investigation, especially on the willingness expressed by the man to collaborate with Italian institutions by providing experience and knowledge on IT security and the prevention of transnational criminal phenomena. Since yesterday Khlynovskiy, who was locked up in the Ferrara prison, has been freed.

"As a lawyer and as a citizen I cannot express satisfaction with the actions of Minister Nordio in the matter of extraditions. I believe that, on several occasions, adequate sensitivity towards fundamental rights and national interests has been lacking. I am also thinking of the Aguro case, in which I launched an appeal against the extradition of a citizen to Venezuela, which presents very serious critical issues in terms of democratic freedoms and judicial guarantees" comments the lawyer Alexandro Maria Tirelli.