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United States Government / 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
PAVEL VYACHESLAVOVICH YERSHOV
Justice for United States Government / 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1What is Yershov's current location and is he still operating from Moscow or has he relocated?
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evidence
Lead #2What specific documents were stolen and released, and what was the full scope of the hacking operations?
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person
Lead #3What is Yershov's role within Unit 26165 of Russian military intelligence and who are his known associates?
Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov, a Russian military intelligence officer, was indicted on July 13, 2018, by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., for his role in a conspiracy to hack into computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 presidential election and to steal and release documents to interfere with the election. He is also charged with aggravated identity theft, false domain registration, and money laundering conspiracy. Yershov 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 #4Has Yershov had any known contact with the other 11 indicted officers since the indictment?
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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 and theft of documents from computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the 2016 presidential election
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2018-07-13
Federal Indictment Returned
Federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers, including Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov
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Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:June 17, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:January 1, 2016
Last Updated:June 17, 2026