Recognized as guilty of cyber crime in the US, Russian citizen Roman Seleznev again appeared before the US court in Georgia. This Friday, May 19, reported in a statement distributed by the US Department of Justice. "Roman Seleznev (. ) Was brought to court on federal charges of cyber fraud related to the hacking and theft of bank data in 2008 from the processing company RBS Worldpay located in Atlanta, Georgia. Charges to Seleznev were brought by the federal jury in this state on December 22, 2014, "the statement said.. The federal prosecutor for the northern region of Georgia, John Horn, believes that Seleznev received $ 2 million after hackers kidnapped more than nine million dollars out of 2,100 ATMs around the world. On April 21, the Seattle court sentenced Seleznev to 27 years in prison on charges of cyber-fraud. On April 19, it was reported that Seleznev wrote a penitential letter, where he assumed responsibility for the acts committed, but despite this, prosecutors demanded to sentence him to 30 years in prison. August 25, 2016 32-year-old Russian was found guilty of 38 criminal episodes of 40. The prosecution claimed damages of $ 170 million.

During the trial, prosecutors argued that in 2014, Seleznev's arrest on his computer found 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers. Roman Seleznev was captured by agents of the US Secret Service in the Maldives in July 2014, and then taken to the US. Defense Seleznev, his father (State Duma deputy Vladimir Seleznev), as well as the Russian Foreign Ministry called the detention of a Russian citizen by abduction and violation of international law.

Original article: Convicted in the US for cybercrime Roman Seleznev again brought to justice.