The son of a deputy Seleznev in the United States gave 27 years

The Court of Court of Seattle sentenced the son of Russian deputy Roman Seleznev to 27 years in prison. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a correspondent from the courtroom.

The jury previously found Seleznev guilty of 40 episodes of the theft of information from bank cards. He was accused under articles related to cyber abuse. The damage from his actions was estimated at $ 170 million.

The prosecutor's office requested him 30 years in prison. After he was found guilty, Seleznev signed a confession, and his lawyers asked to reduce the sentence.

“I am taking full responsibility for everything. I'm afraid of punishment. I am Roman Seleznev, I want to say: I am wrong and apologized. I hope that I will once leave prison. I will work a lot to pay my debt to victims and society. I will work honestly, ”the agency quoted the agency from the testimony.

The prosecutor noted that Seleznev’s cooperation with the investigation was “belated”, and his efforts considered “insufficient” to justify the reduction in the sentence.

Roman Seleznev is the son of a State Duma deputy from the LDPR Valery Seleznev. The novel was detained in the Maldives in July 2014. The American authorities reported that the detention was carried out by local police, who then transferred Seleznev to representatives of the US Ministry of Justice. The Russian Foreign Ministry claimed that the operation was carried out by American special services. The Russian department found the incident “abduction”.