The person at the center of this case
United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and related organizations
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
ALEXEY VALEREVICH MININ
Justice for United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and related organizations — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1Where is Alexey Valerevich Minin currently located and what resources is he using to evade capture?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific data was exfiltrated from USADA and WADA, and how has it been used in disinformation campaigns?
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clue
Lead #3What were the financial transactions and money laundering methods used to fund and profit from these hacking operations?
On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted seven Russian individuals, including Alexey Valerevich Minin, for their roles in sophisticated hacking operations targeting international anti-doping agencies, sporting federations, and officials between 2014 and May 2018. The conspiracy involved computer fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft related to breaches of USADA, WADA, and other organizations during the 2016 Olympics and beyond. Minin remains a fugitive, and his apprehension is sought to hold him accountable for these cybercrimes affecting global sports integrity and security.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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Lead #4What are the connections and roles of the six co-conspirators, and have any been apprehended or cooperated with authorities?
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Lead #5How did the hacking techniques and targets evolve from 2014 through May 2018, and were there patterns indicating organizational structure?
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Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud; Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud; 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 Alexey Valerevich Minin, Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov , Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov , Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , and Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin 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.
Timeline of Events
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2014
Hacking operations begin
Computer intrusion campaign targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting organizations commences
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2016
2016 Olympics targeting
Hacking operations intensify during 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics
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2018-05
Operations conclude
Hacking and related activities continue through May 2018
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2018-10-03
Federal indictment returned
Grand jury in Western District of Pennsylvania indicts seven Russian individuals including Minin for conspiracy to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 11, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2014
Last Updated:September 11, 2026