The creator of a tool that was used to steal data from a half-million computers will go to prison for close to five years, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Alex Yucel, 25, of Sweden, pleaded guilty in February in federal court in New York to one count of distributing malicious software. He was sentenced to four and three-quarter years in prison and fined $200,000, according to a news release.

Yucel was accused of creating and managing the sale of Blackshades, a remote access tool that was widely used by the criminal underground.

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