Valery Seleznev

April 24, 2017

The Backstory Behind Carder Kingpin Roman Seleznev’s Record 27 Year Prison Sentence

This post was originally published on this siteRoman Seleznev, a 32-year-old Russian cybercriminal and prolific credit card thief, was sentenced Friday to 27 years in federal prison. That is a record punishment for hacking violations in the United States and by all accounts one designed to send a message to criminal hackers everywhere. But a close review of the case suggests that Seleznev’s record sentence was severe in large part because the evidence against him was substantial and yet he declined to cooperate with prosecutors prior to his trial. The Maldives is a South Asian island country, located in the Indian Ocean, […]