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Russian Hacking Group Evil Corp. Charged By Federal Prosecutors In Alleged Bank Fraud

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dissent

 

Bobby Allyn reports:

Federal law enforcement officials have announced criminal charges against two Russian nationals who operate a hacking organization known as Evil Corp., a group officials say is responsible for one of the most sweeping banking fraud schemes in the past decade.

The criminal indictments were unsealed in Pittsburgh, Pa., and Lincoln, Nebraska, against Maksim Yakubets, 32, and Igor Turashev, 38, both of whom live in Russia. The duo are accused of bank and wire fraud and computer hacking, among other counts.

Read more on NPR.

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