Aleksei Burkov, a Russian national, was the operator of a website called Cardplanet that sold hundreds of thousands of debit- and credit-card numbers. The carding store victimized mainly U.S. citizens and is responsible for $20 million in fraudulent purchases. Burkov also ran an elite invite-only club, where other criminals could pay $5,000 to gain access to an exclusive site where they could sell personal identifying information (PII), hawk malware, and offer helpful illegal services such as money laundering and hacking.
Source: https://threatpost.com/cardplanet-operator-sentenced-stolen-credit-cards/156956/