The Backstory Behind Carder Kingpin Roman Seleznev’s Record 27 Year Prison Sentence
Summary: Roman Seleznev, a 32-year-old Russian credit card thief, was sentenced to 27 years in federal prison, a record for hacking violations in the United States. The laptop found with him at his 2014 arrest in the Maldives held more than 1.7 million stolen card numbers, and trial evidence showed he earned tens of millions of dollars defrauding more than 3,400 financial institutions.
Key Takeaway: Prosecutors sought 35 years and got 27 in part because Seleznev declined to cooperate before trial, and his lawyer said the case would have turned out very differently had he done so. The sentence is a concrete measure of how much weight U.S. prosecutors place on cooperation from a defendant who caused more financial loss than perhaps any other to appear before the court.
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