The Russians have accused him of becoming a double agent for the United States. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyBy his own account, he once went by the hacker nickname Forb. On those forums, Mr. Dokuchaev inquired about buying skimmers, devices that allow thieves to steal credit card numbers as the cards are swiped. At the time, Russia was under diplomatic pressure from the United States and Canada to prosecute Mr. Vrublevsky on an unrelated charge of selling counterfeit Viagra pills to Americans through websites. In the indictment unsealed on Wednesday, the United States authorities indicated that Mr. Dokuchaev’s group also had dabbled in spam marketing for erectile dysfunction drugs.

Source: New York Times March 17, 2017 00:56 UTC