The person at the center of this case
United States election infrastructure and officials
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
ALEKSEY ALEKSANDROVICH POTEMKIN
Justice for United States election infrastructure and officials — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What is Potemkin's current location and status? Has he been apprehended since the 2018 indictment?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific computers and election infrastructure were targeted by Unit 74455 under Potemkin's supervision?
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Lead #3Who are the other 11 co-defendants and what were their specific roles in the conspiracy?
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, a Russian military intelligence officer, for his role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking and stolen document releases. Potemkin allegedly served as a supervisor in Unit 74455 and participated in unauthorized access to computers of U.S. election officials and entities, identity theft, and money laundering schemes. He remains at large, last known to be in Moscow, Russia, and the FBI continues to seek information on his whereabouts and activities.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Lead #4What money laundering schemes were connected to the election interference operation?
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Conspiracy to Commit an Offense Against the United States; False Registration of a Domain Name; Aggravated Identity Theft; Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers for their alleged roles in interfering with the 2016 United States (U.S.) elections . The indictment charges 11 defendants, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin, Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek , Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov , Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk , and Viktor Borisovich Netyksho, with a computer hacking conspiracy involving gaining unauthorized access into the computers of U.S.
persons and entities involved in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, stealing documents from those computers, and staging releases of the stolen documents to interfere with the 2016 U.S.
presidential election. The indictment also charges these defendants with aggravated identity theft, false registration of a domain name, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Two defendants, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk and Anatoliy Sergeyevich Kovalev , are charged with a separate conspiracy to commit computer crimes, relating to hacking into the computers of U.S. persons and entities responsible for the administration of 2016 U.S.
elections, such as state boards of elections, secretaries of state, and U.S. companies that supplied software and other technology related to the administration of U.S.
elections. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C.
issued a federal arrest warrant for Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Potemkin is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer assigned as a supervisor in Unit 74455.
Potemkin was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2016
2016 U.S. Presidential Election Interference
Alleged hacking and theft of documents from U.S. election officials and entities by Russian military intelligence officers
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2018-07-13
Federal Indictment Returned
Federal grand jury in District of Columbia returned indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers, including Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:May 12, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:May 12, 2026