Ryuk member Karen Vardanyan was sentenced to 24 months in U.S. prison after extradition from Ukraine and ordered to pay $1.2M in restitution. Karen Vardanyan, a 35-year-old Armenian citizen who went by “Maneeken” and, oddly, “Karl Lagerfeld” online, was extradited from Ukraine and sentenced to 24 months in federal prison plus three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $1,219,106 in restitution to his victims.
Ryuk Member Karen Vardanyan Sentenced to Two Years in U.S. Prison
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