US prosecutors are demanding 30 years in prison for Russian citizen Roman Seleznev, who is accused of cyber fraud.This is largest sentence given out for cybercrime by the US.
According to the case file, prosecutors said that sentence of 30 years in prison is enough. The Prosecutor noted that the gravity of the crimes of Russian hacker could have warranted a life imprisonment.
The prosecution also noted that before the process Seleznev was uncooperative with the investigation. Also, the prosecution urged to ignore evidence of an admission of the defendant, which he said after verdict.
We will remind, in August 2016 the jury convicted Seleznev of 38 of 40 charges under article "cyber fraud", "theft of personal information under aggravating circumstances" and others.
Russian citizen Roman Seleznev admitted to the crime. "I accept full responsibility for all. I'm afraid of punishment. (...) I want to say I'm wrong and apologize", described in letter of Seleznev addressed to Court.
The citizen of the Russian Federation also promises that when he will gets out of jail, he will work honestly to "pay my debt to victims and society."
The prosecution estimated the damage of Seleznev about $170 million, because in the hacker's computer about 1.7 million credit card with all information were discovered in 2014 s.
Agents of the U.S. Secret service detained Seleznev in the Maldives in 2014. After that Russia made sanctions list of four employees of Ministry of Justice, qualifying actions of the American side as kidnapping and violation of international law.
It is worth noting that Roman Seleznev is the son of a famous Russian politician Valery Seleznev who said to RIA Novosti news agency "My son was tortured because being in jail in a foreign country after abduction is torture in itself. He is innocent"
According to the case file, prosecutors said that sentence of 30 years in prison is enough. The Prosecutor noted that the gravity of the crimes of Russian hacker could have warranted a life imprisonment.
The prosecution also noted that before the process Seleznev was uncooperative with the investigation. Also, the prosecution urged to ignore evidence of an admission of the defendant, which he said after verdict.
We will remind, in August 2016 the jury convicted Seleznev of 38 of 40 charges under article "cyber fraud", "theft of personal information under aggravating circumstances" and others.
Russian citizen Roman Seleznev admitted to the crime. "I accept full responsibility for all. I'm afraid of punishment. (...) I want to say I'm wrong and apologize", described in letter of Seleznev addressed to Court.
The citizen of the Russian Federation also promises that when he will gets out of jail, he will work honestly to "pay my debt to victims and society."
The prosecution estimated the damage of Seleznev about $170 million, because in the hacker's computer about 1.7 million credit card with all information were discovered in 2014 s.
Agents of the U.S. Secret service detained Seleznev in the Maldives in 2014. After that Russia made sanctions list of four employees of Ministry of Justice, qualifying actions of the American side as kidnapping and violation of international law.
It is worth noting that Roman Seleznev is the son of a famous Russian politician Valery Seleznev who said to RIA Novosti news agency "My son was tortured because being in jail in a foreign country after abduction is torture in itself. He is innocent"