MOSCOW, December 16 (RAPSI) – A court in the United States on Tuesday refused to drop cybercrime charges against Russian national Roman Seleznev, Associated Press has reported.

Seleznev’s lawyers previously said that arrest of their client was illegal therefore indictment against Seleznev should be dismissed. They said that in accordance with Maldivian law their client had to appear in front of a judge before extradition. However, Seleznev was never transferred to a local court, upon capture he was immediately handcuffed and transferred to the United States.

A district court judge said on Tuesday that no violations of law were found in the actions of the American secret service operatives, Associated Press has reported.

The 40-count indictment alleges that Seleznev, aka “Track2,” was involved in the theft and sale of more than 2 million credit card numbers.

The indictment charges Seleznev with 11 counts of wire fraud, nine counts of intentional damage to a protected computer, nine counts of obtaining information from a protected computer, nine counts of possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices and two counts of aggravated identity theft.

According to court documents, between October 2009 and October 2013, Seleznev allegedly hacked into retail point of sale systems and installed malicious software to steal credit card numbers from various businesses. He allegedly created and operated the infrastructure to facilitate the theft and sale of credit card data, used servers located all over the world to facilitate his operation, and sold stolen credit card data on the internet.

Seleznev is also charged in a separate indictment in the District of Nevada with participating in a racketeer influenced corrupt organization (RICO) and conspiracy to engage in a racketeer influenced corrupt organization, as well as two counts of possession of 15 or more counterfeit and unauthorized access devices.