A Russian national was arrested in Israel earlier this month for cybersecurity crimes against the United States, the Russian embassy in Israel said this week.

Alexei Burkov was arrested at the behest of U.S. officials as he attempted to depart from Ben Gurion Airport on Dec. 13, the embassy told Interfax. “The accusations are connected with the breaking into computer databases,” said Ruslan Kandaurov, head of the Russian embassy’s consular office in Israel. Another source suggested the accusations pertained to U.S. banking institutions.