Roman Valerevich Seleznev, Bank Fraud, Washington 2014

A Russian man, indicted in the Western District of Washington for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States, was arrested this weekend and transported to Guam for an initial appearance.

Roman Valerevich Seleznev, 30, of Vladivostok, also known as “Track2” in the criminal carding underground, was indicted in March 2011, for operating several carding forums that engaged in the distribution of stolen credit card information.

At his first appearance in Guam today, Seleznev was ordered detained pending a further hearing scheduled for July 22, 2014.

“Cyber crooks should take heed: you cannot hide behind distant keyboards. We will bring you to face justice,” said U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan, who leads the Justice Department’s Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Enforcement Subcommittee of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee.

The indictment, unsealed today following his arrest on July 5, 2014, details a bank fraud scheme in which Seleznev is charged with hacking into retail point of sale systems and installing malicious software on the systems to steal credit card numbers.

The illegal hacking outlined in the indictment occurred between October 2009, and February 2011. The indictment alleges that Seleznev created and operated infrastructure to facilitate the theft and sales of credit card data and used servers located all over the world to facilitate the operation.

Bank Fraud is punishable by up to thirty years in prison and a $2 million fine. Intentionally causing damage to a protected computer resulting with a loss of more than $5,000 is punishable by up to ten years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

SELEZNEV is also charged in a separate indictment in the District of Guam, but details of that case were not released.

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