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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:Hm... by ruir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    We fucking dont care about US law. I am European. But then Maldives is also known as Falklands, from one country that bends over to the US.