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United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and related anti-doping officials
Justice for United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), and related anti-doping officials — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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Where is Alexey Valerevich Minin currently located and what resources support his continued evasion?
What specific data was exfiltrated from USADA and WADA, and how was it used in disinformation operations?
How were the financial proceeds from this conspiracy laundered, and which financial institutions were exploited?
On October 3, 2018, a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted seven Russian nationals, including Alexey Valerevich Minin, for hacking operations targeting anti-doping agencies and sporting organizations from 2014 through May 2018. The conspiracy involved intrusions into USADA, WADA, and other entities during the 2016 Olympics and beyond, combined with wire fraud and money laundering schemes. Minin remains at large, and locating him is critical to holding accountable those responsible for these coordinated cyber attacks on international sports integrity.
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What were the individual roles of each of the seven defendants, and who directed the overall operation?
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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.
Computer intrusion operations targeting anti-doping agencies commence
Coordinated hacking of USADA, WADA, and anti-doping officials during Summer Olympics and Paralympics
Hacking activity extends through May 2018
Grand jury in Western District of Pennsylvania indicts seven Russian nationals including Minin for conspiracy to commit computer fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering