%{{tag.tag}} {{articledata.title}} {{moment(articledata.cdate)}} @{{articledata.company.replace(" ","")}} comment The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to extradite a Canadian man accused of hacking into American universities and illegally using their supercomputers to mine cryptocurrencies. Ryan James Roach, 34, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is accused of conspiring to commit unauthorized use of a computer, an offence that can carry up to 10 years in prison. Through his lawyer, Roach has claimed he is innocent of the U.S. charges. The U.S. Justice Department says an undisclosed American educational institution suffered $337,000 U.S. in damages due to a computer hack by Roach. A Saskatoon court will decide in coming days whether the U.S. extradition can proceed. U.S. prosecutors allege that Roach conspired to gain unauthorized access to university computer networks and use them to mine crypto. Prosecutors claim Roach stole login credentials and hacked into servers to access computers. They say that computing power was then redirected to mine a crypto called "Electroneum" (CRYPTO: $ETN ). Crypto mining is not illegal. The offense in the case relates to the hack and unauthorized use of university computers in the U.S. According to court filings, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) traced a "digital trail" linking the hacks directly to Roach in Saskatchewan. Roach was arrested in December 2025 and released on bail in January while he awaits a court date. Electroneum (ETN) is a mobile-first, Layer 1 blockchain and cryptocurrency that was launched in 2017. It currently trades at $0.001115 U.S.