Sanctioned Russian accused in U.S. election hacking is under

Sanctioned Russian accused in U.S. election hacking is under indictment in Pittsburgh

One of the Russian individuals sanctioned Thursday by President Barack Obama has been under indictment in Pittsburgh since 2014 and remains on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev, whose aliases include “lucky12345” and “Pollingsoon,” was named in an eight-count indictment here two years ago accusing him of conspiracy, wire fraud, computer fraud, money laundering and other crimes. He also has been under indictment in Nebraska since 2012.

Mr. Bogachev and five accused co-conspirators were also named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by prosecutors when they sought approval to shut down his Gameover Zeus computer network and the Cryptolocker virus which had infected computers around the world. Mr. Bogachev’s first name is sometimes spelled as the Russian variant, Yevgeny.

At the time, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said Mr. Bogachev was a “true 21st-century criminal” in carrying out borderless cybercrimes. U.S. Attorney David Hickton said that U.S. authorities needed be “bold, imaginative and relentless” in pursuing such sophisticated computer villains.

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