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A Russian computer programmer, Pyotr Levashov, has been arrested in the Spanish city of Barcelona, a spokesman for the Russian embassy in Madrid said on Sunday.
It was unclear why Levashov was arrested. The embassy spokesman declined to give details for his arrest, and Spanish police and the interior ministry were not available for comment on Sunday.
Russian television station RT reported that Levashov was arrested under a U.S. international arrest warrant and was suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year's U.S. election.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Departments criminal division, said: "The U.S. case remains under seal, so we have no information to provide at this time."
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-russia-idUSKBN17B0O2
- guess we'll have to wait to find out "why" -
UPDATE: I do hope this is a credible news org?! Via a tweeted link:
Spain arrests alleged Russian cybercriminal over creating virus that helped Trump to win elections
The USA requested the extradition of Petr Levashov, suspected of creating a computer virus that helped Donald Trump to win the presidential elections.
St Petersburg resident Petr Levashov was arrested in Barcelona. He went there on vacation with his wife, according to the Kommersant Newspaper.
The Spanish police burst into their rented apartment in the middle of the night, arrested her husband, and confiscated all their electronic devices, according to Maria Levashova.
I asked for an order or some other paperwork but they told me they showed them to my husband. I spoke to my husband on the phone when he was taken to police station. He told me he was shown some document in Spanish with a low-res photo of him. They said something about a virus that my husband had allegedly created and that it has something to do with Trump winning the presidential elections, Levashova said.
More at
https://en.crimerussia.com/gromkie-dela/spain-arrests-alleged-russian-cybercriminal-at-us-request/#top
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)dchill
(38,594 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Volaris
(10,278 posts)But if it hadn't been for the mishandling of the ACTUAL 9-11 attack by the previous Republican president,
THIS ONE WOULDNT HAVE FUCKING HAPPENED.
let's not forget that Russia's current empowerment and involvement in the middle east and their enhanced ability to rile a domestic stealing of this last election is a DIRECT result of the unnecessary and illegal destruction of the Iraqi govt by BushCo. Fuck whatever members of the Press would seek to forget that.
malaise
(269,257 posts)Good post
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)will we ever. Thanks for posting.
Repeat: DIRECT result
DK504
(3,847 posts)"Russian television station RT reported that Levashov was arrested under a U.S. international arrest warrant and was suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year's U.S. election. "
Give him a deal and make him spill everything and put him in the Witness Protection.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Putin lurks.
Kingofalldems
(38,503 posts)NewRedDawn
(790 posts)one of those special Putin Heart attacks for this guy soon.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)This could get interesting.