Russian Lawmaker’s Hacker Son Gets 27-Year U.S. Prison Term

The son of a Russian lawmaker depicted by U.S. prosecutors as a master cyber-thief who made the purchase of stolen credit cards “as easy as buying a book on Amazon” was sentenced April 21 to 27 years in prison (United States v. Seleznev, W.D. Wash., 11-cr-00070, sentencing).

Roman Seleznev was found guilty in August of filching consumer credit card numbers from hundreds of retail businesses worldwide and selling the data online, allegedly causing more than $169 million in fraud losses. In federal court in Seattle, the government sought a 30-year prison term for the 38-count conviction, saying Seleznev ...