DAS VADANYA, ALEXEI

Russian hacker Alexei Burkov was reportedly detained at a Moscow airport on Tuesday after he was deported by the United States.

Russia’s Interior Ministry reportedly informed TASS news agency of the news, detailing that Russian police detained Burkov at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, Reuters reported.

Burkov was sentenced to nine years in jail in the U.S. after he was accused of facilitating card fraud, hacking and other crimes.

According to the news outlet, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow did not provide a comment on Burkov being deported.

The Hill has reached out to the embassy for comment.