BANGKOK, Jan 7 – Thailand’s Immigration Bureau on Monday detained an Algerian national wanted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for allegedly involved with cybercrime and hacking banking system.

Pol Lt-Gen Phanu Kerdlarpphol, Immigration Bureau chief told a news conference that Hamza Bendelladj, 24, was detained by immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport after arriving from Malaysia, in transit awaiting a flight to Egypt.

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