Suspected Scattered Spider Head Extradited From Spain

Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old Scottish Man Extradited to the US on Wednesday Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) , David Perera (@daveperera) • April 25, 2025

Spanish authorities extradited on Wednesday the suspected head of the Scattered Spider cybercrime group to the United States, where he is being held without bail in a downtown Los Angeles federal prison.

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Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old from Dundee, Scotland, faces charges for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy. His initial court appearance was in the U.S. District for the Central District of California, also on Wednesday.

Spanish police detained Buchanan last year at the request of the FBI's Los Angeles unit in Palma de Mallorca, when he was about to leave the country for Naples on a chartered flight (see: Spanish Police Bust Alleged Leader of Scattered Spider).

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