Russian Lawmaker’ Son Pleads Guilty & Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail on $50 Million Scam

Roman Valerevich Seleznev, also known by his hacker handle Track2, is a Russian computer hacker. He was indicted in Washington in 2011, and has been convicted of hacking into servers to steal credit card data.

Seleznev's activities have been speculated to have caused damages to banks and credit-card companies ranging in the millions of dollars. Seleznev was arrested on July 5, 2014 and was sentenced to 27 years in prison for counts of wire fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, and identity theft.

Seleznev's 2014 arrest caused controversy as he was arrested outside of the United States, in Maldives, and transported to Guam to stand trial. Citing "law enforcement reasons" the Justice Department would not disclose the location of Seleznev's arrest.

U.S. Secret Service agents took this photo of Roman Seleznev and an unnamed girlfriend just before his arrest in the Maldives on July 7, 2014. (Courtesy of U.S. Attorney)

Jeh Johnson, Secretary of Homeland Security, said in a statement that the arrest showed that "despite the increasingly borderless nature of transitional organized crime, the long arm of justice - and the Department of Homeland Security - will continue to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated criminal organizations".

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