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Richard Pinedo, a 28-year-old Californian who struck a plea deal in February with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation for selling bank account numbers to Russians who engaged in election interference, has been sentenced to six months in prison, reports BuzzFeed News.

Go deeper: Mueller strikes one more plea deal.

Mueller’s unluckiest target is going to jail

He sold bank account numbers to Russians who engaged in election interference.

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Richard Pinedo, a 28-year-old Californian who struck a plea deal in February with Special Counsel Robert Mueller&#x27;s investigation for selling bank account numbers to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Russians who engaged in election interference" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-for-conspiracy-2498f173-ad1a-4609-b233-c40ea0c041dc.html" data-vars-content-id="402f403c-ebf4-4f82-8e58-7fb1655a5726" data-vars-headline="Mueller’s unluckiest target is going to jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/mueller-indicts-13-russian-nationals-for-conspiracy-2498f173-ad1a-4609-b233-c40ea0c041dc.html" target="_self">Russians who engaged in election interference</a>, has been sentenced to six months in prison, reports <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="BuzzFeed News" data-vars-click-url="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/richard-pinedo-mueller-russian-troll-farm" data-vars-content-id="402f403c-ebf4-4f82-8e58-7fb1655a5726" data-vars-headline="Mueller’s unluckiest target is going to jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/richard-pinedo-mueller-russian-troll-farm" target="_blank">BuzzFeed News</a>.Go deeper: <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mueller strikes one more plea deal" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/one-more-plea-deal-from-mueller1518807778-b97f90d3-23b9-4f0a-a386-97c164abd03a.html" data-vars-content-id="402f403c-ebf4-4f82-8e58-7fb1655a5726" data-vars-headline="Mueller’s unluckiest target is going to jail" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/one-more-plea-deal-from-mueller1518807778-b97f90d3-23b9-4f0a-a386-97c164abd03a.html" target="_self">Mueller strikes one more plea deal</a>.

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