Feds Accuse Russian of Pre-Target Era Credit Card Raid

This month, U.S. attorneys announced charges from a 2011 indictment against Roman Valerevich Seleznev for operating online stores that sold stolen account numbers. He also allegedly hacked payment machines at retail stores to excise credit card details.

Seleznev was transferred to Seattle from Guam, where he made his initial appearance on July 7.

He “created and operated infrastructure using servers located all over the world to facilitate the theft and sale of credit card data and host carding forums,” Justice Department officials claimed in a statement.

Seleznev also is named in an indictment filed in the District of Nevada on Jan. 10, 2012.

He and 54 others are charged with participating in the “Carder.su” organization, which allegedly trafficked in compromised credit card data and counterfeit identifications.  Seleznev is accused of operating a website that sold card information to members of Carder.su.