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United States Federal Government / Electoral System
Justice for United States Federal Government / Electoral System — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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Where is Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva currently located and what is her status?
What specific fictitious online personas and stolen identities were created under her data analysis oversight?
What information did Bogacheva collect during her June 2014 visit to the United States?
Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva, a Russian national, is wanted by the FBI for her alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by interfering with federal election functions and the 2016 Presidential Election. As a data analysis supervisor for the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, she allegedly oversaw operations involving the creation of fictitious online personas, stolen identities, and disinformation campaigns targeting American voters. A federal arrest warrant was issued on February 16, 2018, and she remains at large with ties to Russia, making her location and current whereabouts unknown.
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Who else within the Internet Research Agency coordinated with Bogacheva on these operations?
Why did she omit employment information on her U.S. visa application and what does this reveal about her intentions?
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Conspiracy to Defraud the United States Caution: Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva is wanted by the FBI for her alleged involvement in a conspiracy to defraud the United States by impairing, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of the Federal Election Commission, the United States Department of Justice, and the United States Department of State. This occurred in Washington, D.C., from April of 2014 through July of 2014.
Bogacheva oversaw the data analysis group within the Translator Project of the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency (IRA), an organization allegedly engaged in political and electoral interference operations in the United States which included the purchase of American computer server space, the creation of hundreds of fictitious online personas, and the use of stolen identities of persons from the United States.
These alleged actions were taken to reach significant numbers of Americans for the purposes of interfering with the United States political system, including the 2016 Presidential Election. Additionally, Bogacheva allegedly withheld employment information on her United States visa application and traveled to the United States in June of 2014 to collect information in support of the IRA’s operations.
On February 16, 2018, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia after she was charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. Remarks: Bogacheva speaks Russian and English.
She has ties to Russia.
Alleged conspiracy activities commence involving creation of fictitious online personas and stolen identities
Bogacheva allegedly traveled to the United States to collect information in support of IRA operations
Alleged conspiracy activities conclude in July 2014
Bogacheva charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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