On July 5, 2014, the US Secret Service arrested Roman Valerevich Seleznev. a Russian national, Seleznev was indicted in the Western District of Washington in March 2011 for hacking into point of sale systems at retailers throughout the United States between October 2009 and February 2011.

“This important arrest sends a clear message: despite the increasingly borderless nature of transitional organised crime, the long arm of justice and this Department – will continue to disrupt and dismantle sophisticated criminal organisations,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson. “This arrest reflects the hard work by the US Secret Service and our interagency and international partners, and we must continue close collaboration with the law enforcement community to counter this ever evolving threat.”

According to the indictment, Seleznev hacked into point of sale systems throughout the United States and operated servers and international carding forum websites to facilitate the theft and sale of stolen credit card data. Seleznev, known as “Track2” in the criminal carding underground, remains in custody pending trial.