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Russia’s richest billionaire hacker declared wanted by FBI. Is he also the world’s richest hacker.
Two members of a Russia-based hacking group that calls itself Evil Corp have been accused by authorities in the United States of the worst computer hack and bank fraud that stole billions from companies across the world.
The two men have not been arrested and their whereabouts are unknown. Russia and the US do not have an extradition treaty.
Evil Corp’s alleged leader Maksim V Yakubets, and administrator Igor Turashev, had been charged in a 10-count indictment, including bank fraud, conspiracy, computer hacking and wire fraud in 2019.
Separately, the US Treasury Department said that in collaboration with Britain’s National Crime Agency, it was freezing all assets of the two Russian men, along with 15 other associates.
The British agency called Evil Corp “the world’s most harmful cyber crime group” and posted pictures on Twitter of Yakubets, his customised Lamborghini sports car and his 2017 wedding, on which it said he had spent more than $300,000.
US officials are offering a $5m reward for information leading to Yakubets’ arrest and conviction, calling it the largest reward ever offered for an accused cybercriminal.
