MOSCOW, May 20 (RAPSI) – A US citizen, 31, put on the wanted list by American authorities on charges of identity theft with regard to clients of US companies and large scale securities fraud was arrested in Moscow, RIA Novosti news agency was told by Irina Volk, the Interior Ministry official spokesperson, on Thursday.

“A man wanted by US authorities was arrested. He stands charged with committing crimes in the area of high technologies,” – Volk said. According to the Interior Ministry spokesperson, the alleged offender and his accomplices had carried out hacker attacks in their homeland resulting in multimillion tampering with dollar-denominated stocks.

Volk reported that the man was arrested in the course of investigative activities carried out by officers of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department in cooperation with the Russia’s national Interpol bureau.