Alex Kibkalo, 34, a former Microsoft employee who was charged in March with leaking Windows product updates along with product key validation codes will be deported to Russia after he has served 3 months in a federal prison.

According to Computer World, Kibkalo was arrested March 19 in Bellevue, Wash. for allegedly leaking pre-release software updates for Windows RT, the tablet-specific operating system, to a French blogger in July and August 2012 -- months before its release. The FBI, which was brought onto the case after a Microsoft investigation, also said Kibkalo provided the same blogger with the Activation Server SDK (software development kit), internal-only code to create the activation systems which validate product keys, Microsoft's primary anti-piracy technology.

Kibkalo, a Russian national at the time working for Microsoft in its Lebanon office, leaked the software to strike back at his employer after receiving a poor performance evaluation.

Kibkalo's attorney alleges that his client was lured back to US for a pre-arranged technology conference in Bellevue, WA., and according to a statement in the sentencing memorandum; "He flew into the country (legally on a valid visa) from Moscow (where he lives), checked into his hotel in Factoria and attended several sessions of this professional meeting before being detained by the FBI and whisked away to federal court for his initial appearance on March 17, 2014.

Kibkalo should be on his way back to Russia early next week after receiving credit for time served.