Lawyer for hacking suspect say no disqualification (AP) Lawyers for a Russian man charged with hacking into business across the U.S. filed new motions in federal court insisting that they don’t have a conflict of interest and should remain on the job. They also told a federal judge that the U.S. Bureau of Prisons has not allowed them to meet with Roman Seleznev face to face. Seleznev, the son of a Russian lawmaker, was indicted in 2011 and arrested in the Maldives in July on charges that he hacked into U.S. businesses and installed software that allowed him to steal more than 200,000 credit card numbers from retail business in Western Washington and hundreds from companies across the U.S. He has pleaded not guilty. Seleznev also faces racketeering charges in Nevada. The Nevada indictment resulted from a federal Homeland Security investigation called “Operation Open Market.” Seleznev and 54 others are charged with being part of a Russian cybercrime organization called “Carder.su” that allegedly trafficked stolen credit-card information and counterfeit identifications. Prosecutors say members of the group operated an Internet site called a forum where they could buy stolen data. As part of the group, Seleznev allegedly ran a website “that allows members to search for the particular [...] newsinfl/lawyer-for-hacking-suspect-say-no-disqualification/
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 23:15:34 +0000
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