Oh, theres the hack button!
Oh, there's the Russian hack button! David Carillet

In last night's episode* of CSI: Cyber: Seattle*, a Russian computer hacker named Track 2 (Roman Seleznev) is finally convicted, two years after being arrested while on his way to a luxury resort in the Maldives, an act Seleznev's politician father tried to frame as a kidnapping. Seleznev was found guilty of perpetrating a multi-year scheme that resulted in the theft and sale of 2.9 million credit card numbers and defrauded banks of more than $169 million.

In their closing arguments, prosecutors (Norman M. Barbosa and Seth Wilkinson) called Seleznev "one of the most prolific credit card thieves in history."

It has been a bizarre season so far. Let's recap: From his lair* in Vladivostok, Seleznev, installed software to steal credit card information from millions of retail and restaurant customers in the United States. The numbers were sent to other servers, bundled into groups and sold to fellow shady types so they could purchase lavish fur coats* and bags of emeralds*.

A number of Washington businesses were caught up in Seleznev's point-of-sale attacks. Eight pizzerias, including Red Pepper Pizza and Pasta of Duvall, Village Pizza in Anacortes and Casa Mia in Yelm, were among the targets. One of the Seattle's beloved Broadway Grill, an "anchor for Seattle's gay culture in the 1990s," was forced to declare bankruptcy and close its doors because of Seleznev's crime.

The U.S. Secret Service had been hunting for Seleznev for years before his arrest in July 2014, but he had remained out of their clutches, hiding out in Russia, which does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S. The Secret Service filed a warrant with Interpol while Seleznev's private plane was in the air from Vladivostok to the Maldives. Agents took him into custody when he landed, discovering 1.9 million stolen credit cards on his laptop.

Seleznev was then transferred to Guam before ending up in Seattle to stand trial.

The hacker's father (Valery Seleznev), an ally of Putin's, protested the arrest at the time, saying Roman had "only average computer skills" after being disabled by a terrorist bombing, and that he needed medication to survive. Valery also asserted that the arrest was a ploy by the U.S. to use his son as a bargaining chip in exchange for Edward Snowden.

Seleznev was found guilty of wire fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, aggravated identity theft, among other offences. One count of wire fraud alone is punishable by up to 30 years in prison and a $1 million fine. Seleznev is guilty of 10.

The Russian's defense attorney (John Henry Browne) says he will appeal the conviction.

On the next episode of CSI: Cyber: Seattle, scheduled for December 2, Track 2 faces sentencing for his crimes.

*These things are fake. Everything else in this story is real