Police in Barcelona have arrested a Russian computer programmer who is suspected of involvement with James Comey and the US presidential election.
US Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr told Channel 23 the case was under seal and declined to provide any additional information.
Levashov is known online as “Severa,” the moderator of the how-to section on spam on several cyber-crime websites, according to KrebsonSecurity, a well-respected blog on internet security. The “spam king” is “responsible for running multiple criminal operations that paid virus writers and spammers to install ‘fake antivirus’ software,” Krebs reported.