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US Arrests Son of Russian MP In Maldives For Hacking

Posted by timothy on from the by-coincidence dept.

First time accepted submitter ugen (93902) writes "The son of a Russian lawmaker has been arrested by the U.S. on charges of selling credit card information he stole by hacking into the computers of American retailers. Roman Seleznev, 30, was arrested overseas by the U.S. Secret Service on July 5 and was ordered detained today during a hearing in federal court in Guam, the Justice Department said in a statement."

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  1. Re:Imperial Police by BigSlowTarget · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well they don't want to go arrest people in Mexico. It's dangerous down there and besides the Maldives have great beaches.