Russia arrests third hacking group, seizes carding forums
Russia arrested six people today, allegedly part of a hacking group that was involved in the theft and selling of stolen credit cards.
Russian media reports that the arrests come at the request of investigators from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
"The Tverskoy Court of Moscow received petitions from the investigation to select a measure of restraint in the form of detention against six people suspected of committing a crime under part 2 of article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Illegal circulation of means of payment")," said press court clerk Ksenia Rozina in a statement to TASS Russian News Agency. Article 187 of the "The Criminal Code Of The Russian Federation" relates to "The making of counterfeit credit or debit cards, and also of other payment documents, which are not securities, with the purpose of their utterance or their sale".
