FBI warns wanted cybercriminal 'may come' to Maldives

FBI said Alexsey Belan, 26 might travel to Russia, Greece, Latvia, the Maldives and Thailand. A native of the northeastern European country of Latvia, Belan has Russian citizenship and is known to hold a Russian passport. According to the FBI notice issued last month, Belan is alleged to have intruded the computer networks of three major US-based e-commerce companies, stolen their user databases, which he then exported and made readily accessible on his server. He allegedly stole the user data and the encrypted passwords of millions of accounts and then negotiated the sales of the databases. Two separate arrest warrants for Belan have been issued, the FBI said. One was issued on September 12, 2012 after Belan was charged with obtaining information by computer from a protected computer, possession of fifteen or more unauthorised access devices and aggravated identity theft. The second warrant was issued on June 6, 2013 after Belan was charged with two counts of fraud in connection with a computer and two counts of aggravated identity theft. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of Belan. He was last known to be in Greek capital Athens.
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