Arrested in Spain a ‘hacker’ Russian bank accounts sought by the FBI – Investing.com Spain

MADRID (Reuters) – security forces in spain have arrested a computer programmer Russian 32 years in the airport of Barcelona that is allegedly designed and used software to steal banking data of entities and individuals, reported Friday the Guardia Civil.

In collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the united States, the man called Lisov, was arrested on January 13 while waiting for a flight to another european country. He is suspected of leading a network of financial fraud, said the Civil Guard in a statement.

Lisov, wanted by the united States through an international arrest warrant, he wore under the surveillance of the authorities several days in Catalonia. The Civil Guard gave no further data on the identity of the detainee.

Lisov was investigated by the united States from two years ago to develop and use “NeverQuest”, a computer virus that spreads via social networks, e-mail and file transfers that has led to the loss of millions of dollars.

A investigation of servers operated by Lisov in France and Germany revealed data bases with lists of stolen data from banks, including account balances. One of the servers had files with millions of details of access to bank accounts, such as user names, passwords and security questions, said the Civil Guard.

Lisov remains held in Catalonia before the Spanish justice decide if you send it to the united States, which has requested his extradition, said a police spokesman.

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