BANGKOK: A Russian man accused of co-running a global cybercrime network shuttered in a US-led crackdown this week has been arrested in Bangkok and will face extradition, Thai police said Friday.

Sergey Medvedev, 31, is accused of co-founding the “Infraud Organization,” an online network that stole and sold credit card and other personal identity data, causing $530 million in losses, according to US authorities.

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