In February 2009, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison "for a series of attacks on an elderly couple he carried out on behalf of their son-in-law." He was paid $5,000 by Alex Shevgert to carry out the three attacks between September 2006 and April 2007. He is scheduled to be deported to Russia upon completion of his sentence. Shevgert was sentenced to 25 years for ordering the attacks, and the sentenced was raised to 30 to account for his perjury on the witness stand.
