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Russian hacking suspect ordered held until trial

By Gene Johnson
Published August 16, 2014 1:22am ET
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Russian hacking suspect ordered held until trial
Robert W. Ray, left, and Ely Goldin, right, attorneys for Roman Seleznev, speak with reporters outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Seattle on Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Seleznev, the 30-year-old son of a prominent Russian lawmaker, was ordered to remain in custody pending his trial on charges that he hacked into online cash register systems to steal hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers, then sold those credit card numbers online. He was arrested last month in the Maldives and transferred to Seattle to face charges. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson) | Gene Johnson

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the son of a prominent Russian lawmaker to remain in custody until his trial on computer hacking charges, after a prosecutor said evidence recovered from his laptop after his arrest in the Maldives gave new insight into the breadth of his activities.

Roman Seleznev, 30, the son of Valery Seleznev, appeared in U.S. District Court in Seattle, where he was indicted in 2011 on charges that involved hacking into computerized cash registers, stealing hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers and selling the data online for at least $2 million.

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