Russian MP's son faces trial in US over $170m hacking scheme

The son of a Russian MP is due to go on trial in the US accused of orchestrating an international scheme that resulted in around 170 million US dollars in fraudulent credit card purchases.

In a federal jury trial that begins this week, prosecutors plan to lay out evidence that they say will prove Roman Seleznev hacked into US businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole credit card information.