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Can't vouch for the accuracy of some of this. But here it is:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.nydailynews.com/amp/news/world/russian-programmer-reportedly-linked-election-hack-arrested-article-1.3037256
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.
It was unclear why Levashov was arrested. The embassy spokesman declined to give details for his arrest, and Spanish police and the interior ministry were not available for comment on Sunday.
Russian television station RT reported that Levashov was arrested under a U.S. international arrest warrant and was suspected of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last year's U.S. election.
Peter Carr, a spokesman for the U.S. Justice Departments criminal division, said: "The U.S. case remains under seal, so we have no information to provide at this time."
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)Associated Press and Reuters are well respected news sources. The link below is to their article that gives a lot more detail for anyone interested.
https://apnews.com/5ca5a1b9672045ea94e0604422180ab5/Suspected-Russian-spam-boss-arrested-in-Spain-at-US-request
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