The son of a prominent Russian lawmaker was sentenced on Friday by a US federal court to 27 years in prison after being convicted of stealing millions of US credit card numbers and causing some $170 million in damages to businesses and individuals.
This sentence is so far the longest sentence ever imposed in the United States for a hacking-related case.
Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, 32, the son of a Russian Parliament member of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Valery Seleznev, was arrested in 2014 while attempting to board a flight in the Maldives and then extradited to the United States.
Upon arrest, federal authorities retrieved a computer that contained over 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers.
This sentence is so far the longest sentence ever imposed in the United States for a hacking-related case.
Roman Valeryevich Seleznev, 32, the son of a Russian Parliament member of the nationalist Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR), Valery Seleznev, was arrested in 2014 while attempting to board a flight in the Maldives and then extradited to the United States.
Upon arrest, federal authorities retrieved a computer that contained over 1.7 million stolen credit card numbers.
Seleznev, also went by the moniker 'Track2' online, was convicted in August 2016 of 38 charges related to stolen credit card details, which include:
- 10 counts of Wire Fraud
- 9 counts of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices
- 9 counts of obtaining information from a Protected Computer
- 8 counts of Intentional Damage to a Protected Computer
- 2 counts of Aggravated Identity Theft click
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