Wanted for hacking,fraud,Ukrainian held in Delhi

A Ukrainian national,wanted by the US in connection with a case of global computer hacking and credit card fraud ring,was detained...

A Ukrainian national,wanted by the US in connection with a case of global computer hacking and credit card fraud ring,was detained soon after his arrival at the IGI airport last weekend,officials said on Wednesday.

Sergey V Storchak,holding a Ukrainian passport,was taken into custody by CISF from the aircraft on May 8 when he arrived here on a Jetlite flight from Goa.

The FBI had issued a lookout circular on Storchak who,along with 10 others,was accused of stealing and selling more than four crore credit and debit card numbers leading to loss of $17 million to the credit card industry. Their operations spanned the US,eastern Europe and Asia. A criminal case was filed in the US against Storchak and others for conspiracy to traffic in unauthorised access devices.

The US agency had informed the CBI that Storchak was likely to reach the capital from Goa,officials said. CBI along with Delhi Police and FBI officials waited at the terminal,while a team of CISF officials went inside the aircraft,escorted Storchak out and handed him over to the CBI, a senior CISF official said.

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