The U.S. Secret Service arrested a Russian hacker who allegedlymasterminded data breaches throughout the U.S. by attacking retailpoint of sale systems, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Roman Valerevich Seleznev, 30, was arrested July 5 and chargedwith multiple counts of bank fraud, obtaining information from aprotected computer, possessing stolen credit cards and identitytheft, according to court documents.

The hacker from Moscow, also known as Track2 in the criminalcarding underground, was indicted in 2011 in the Western Districtof Washington, where he is allegedly tied to more than 180,000stolen credit cards, the documents said.

The location of his arrest was not released. Seleznev wastransported to Guam for an initial appearance and detained for aJuly 22 hearing, federal officials said.

The indictment, unsealed this week, does not list any majornational retailers, but Seleznev allegedly installed malicioussoftware on numerous POS systems between October 2009 and February2011, the court documents.

In one case, he is accused of stealing hundreds of credit cardnumbers from a Seattle, Wash., restaurant in 2010, according to theindictment.

The data breach at Broadway Grill resulted in at least $1.7million in losses to credit card companies, banks and creditunions, including the $11.9 billion BECU in Tukwila, Wash., thedocuments said.

The restaurant, located in Seattle's Capitol Hill area, went outof business last year, blaming negative publicity related to thewave of credit card fraud, according to previous media reports.

To sell the stolen data, Seleznev allegedly used computerservers around the world, including in Russia, the Ukraine andMcClean, Va. He hosted several websites where cybercriminalsgathered to sell stolen credit card numbers, the court documentssaid.

Seleznev is also facing counterfeiting charges in a separateindictment in Nevada, authorities said.

“Cyber crooks should take heed: You cannot hide behind distantkeyboards. We will bring you to face justice,” said U.S. AttorneyJenny A. Durkan, who leads the Justice Department's Cybercrime andIntellectual Property Enforcement Subcommittee of the AttorneyGeneral's Advisory Committee.