Roman Seleznev stole millions of credit card numbers that he sold online.
SEATTLE — A Russian hacker who was convicted in federal court in Seattle was released as part of a prisoner swap this week.
Roman Seleznev was one of the prisoners released in the swap, which was the biggest in post-Soviet history.
Seleznev was convicted in August 2016 of hacking into U.S. businesses to steal credit card information and orchestrating an international online theft scheme.
Seleznev hacked into businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole millions of credit card numbers that he sold on underground internet forums, authorities said.
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