The person at the center of this case
United States election infrastructure and personnel
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
PAVEL VYACHESLAVOVICH YERSHOV
Justice for United States election infrastructure and personnel — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What was Yershov's specific technical role in Unit 26165 and which election infrastructure systems did he directly target?
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evidence
Lead #2What documents were stolen and how were they staged for release to maximize electoral interference?
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Lead #3Has Yershov remained in Moscow or relocated to another location since the 2018 indictment?
Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov, a Russian military intelligence officer, was indicted on July 13, 2018, for his alleged role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking, identity theft, and money laundering schemes. The indictment charges him with gaining unauthorized access to computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the election, stealing documents, and orchestrating their release to disrupt the electoral process. Yershov remains at large, last known to be in Moscow, Russia, and continues to be sought by U.S. federal authorities.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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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, Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin , Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev , Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek , 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 Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Yershov is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer, assigned to Unit 26165.
Yershov 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 conspiracy targeting U.S. election infrastructure and personnel
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2018-07-13
Federal Indictment Returned
Grand jury in District of Columbia indicted 12 Russian military intelligence officers including Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov
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Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026