2 Spanish authorities notified the Russian embassy of Levashov's arrest on Friday. 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. The criminal division is separate from the national security division, which is responsible for investigating state-sponsored cyber crimes. Spanish authorities notified the Russian embassy of Levashov's arrest on Friday, the embassy spokesman said. In January, Spanish police arrested another Russian computer programmer, whose name was given as "Lisov" and who was wanted by the United States for leading a financial fraud network.

Source: India Today April 10, 2017 00:32 UTC