Russian computer programmer arrested in Spain--- UPDATE

[Leghorn21]

Last edited Sun Apr 9, 2017, 11:42 PM - Edit history (1)

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 Department’s 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]

1. "Ginger, get the popcorn."

[dchill]

2. Intrigue is so intriguing!

[L. Coyote]

3. Programmer suspected in US election hacking arrested.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Volaris]

6. Be that as it may and I'm not inclined to disagree

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]

8. Add to that the entire mess that is now the Middle East and North Africa

Good post

[Leghorn21]

9. 100% correct, Volaris. That old chestnut, "Never Forget"? Well, plenty of us haven't, nor

will we ever. Thanks for posting.

Repeat: DIRECT result

[DK504]

4. Nice!! Please, please, please.

"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]

5. Better put this hacker in protective custody.

Putin lurks.

[Kingofalldems]

7. I wonder what happens if we find out votes were flipped.

[NewRedDawn]

10. I will be expecting

one of those special Putin Heart attacks for this guy soon.

[Lucinda]

11. KNR

[herding cats]

12. Oh, my.

This could get interesting.