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He was indicted in Washington in 2011, and is accused of hacking into servers to steal cr card data. Seleznev"s activities have been speculated to have caused damages to banks and cr card companies ranging in the millions of dollars. Seleznev was arrested in July 5, 2014 and faces five counts of bank fraud, eight counts of intentionally causing damage to a protected computer and five counts of aggravated identity theft.
Seleznev"s 2014 arrest caused controversy as he was apparently arrested outside of the United States and transported to Guam to stand trial.
Citing "law enforcement reasons" the Justice Department would not disclose the location of Seleznev"s arrest. 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 - will continue to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated criminal organizations".
Russian officials complained that Seleznev"s arrest amounted to "kidnapping" and said the United States had failed to notify Russian consulates of Seleznev"s arrest. The Russian Foreign Ministry indicated that the Maldives had been the site of Seleznev"s arrest, and criticized the Maldives for failing to following "international legal norms" in Seleznev"s arrest.