The person at the center of this case
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other international anti-doping and sporting organizations
Cold Case · Open - Fugitive
7 years waiting · since 2018
ALEKSEI SERGEYEVICH MORENETS
Justice for United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other international anti-doping and sporting organizations — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What was Aleksei Morenets's specific role within Russian military intelligence Unit 26165 and which systems did he directly compromise?
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evidence
Lead #2What evidence links Morenets to the specific hacking intrusions of USADA and WADA systems?
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location
Lead #3Why was Moscow, Russia chosen as the operational base, and what other locations may have been used for these operations?
On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers, including Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets, for hacking and disinformation operations targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting organizations from 2014 through May 2018. Morenets, allegedly assigned to Russian military intelligence Unit 26165, remains at large and was last known to be in Moscow, Russia. The case seeks to hold accountable those responsible for computer intrusions affecting USADA, WADA, and other international bodies during and after the 2016 Olympics.
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United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4Who were Morenets's co-conspirators and what were their individual responsibilities in the hacking campaign?
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Lead #5What disinformation and influence operations were conducted using the stolen data from anti-doping agencies?
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Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment against 7 Russian individuals for their alleged roles in hacking and related influence and disinformation operations targeting, among others, international anti-doping agencies, sporting federations, and anti-doping officials. The indictment charges Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets, Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov , and Alexey Valerevich Minin with computer hacking activity spanning from 2014 through May of 2018, including the computer intrusions of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and other victim entities during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and afterwards.
The indictment charges these defendants with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment.
Remarks: Morenets is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer, assigned to Unit 26165. Morenets was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2014
Hacking campaign begins
Computer intrusion operations targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting federations commence
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2016
2016 Olympics targeting
Hacking activity intensifies targeting entities during 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
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2018-05
Campaign ends
Computer intrusion operations cease in May 2018
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2018-10-03
Federal indictment
Western District of Pennsylvania grand jury returns indictment against seven Russian intelligence officers including Morenets
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 10, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 10, 2026