FBI circulated photo of Russian suspected of cyber extortion

The FBI has extended targeting to the Russian citizen Polyanin, suspected of extortion

cyber extortion up to $ 13 million. The pictures appeared on the bureau's Twitter page.

According to the FBI, Evgeny Igorevich Polyanin was born on March 4, 1993, presumably lives in Barnaul.

Earlier, the United States brought charges against the Russian Evgeny Polyanin on up to $ 13 million in cyber extortion case. According to the head of the US Department of Justice Merrick Garland, the REvil program affected about 175 thousand computers around the world, the cybercriminals were paid at least $ 200 million in ransom.

That the US authorities are planning to bring charges against Russian citizen Yevgeny Polyanin and a citizen Ukraine Yaroslav Vasinsky, it became known on November 8. They are accused of conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering. Both suspects are believed to be members of the REvil organization.

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