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United States election infrastructure and officials
Cold Case · Open
7 years waiting · since 2018
SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH MORGACHEV
Justice for United States election infrastructure and officials — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev - Russian military intelligence officer, rank of Lieutenant Colonel, assigned to Unit 26165. Last known location: Moscow, Russia.
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evidence
Lead #2Stolen documents from U.S. election officials and entities were staged for release to interfere with the 2016 election. What specific documents were targeted and how were they used?
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location
Lead #3Unit 26165 - the Russian military intelligence unit to which Morgachev was assigned. What was this unit's broader role in election interference operations?
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev, a Russian military intelligence officer, for his alleged role in a conspiracy to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election through computer hacking and theft of documents. Morgachev and co-conspirators are charged with unauthorized access to computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the election, stealing sensitive documents, and staging their release to disrupt the electoral process. The case remains active as Morgachev is believed to be in Moscow, Russia, and continues to evade U.S. law enforcement.
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United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Lead #4False domain registrations and money laundering schemes were used to facilitate the hacking conspiracy. How were these financial and technical elements coordinated?
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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, Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev, Artem Andreyevich Malyshev , Aleksey Viktorovich Lukashev , Boris Alekseyevich Antonov , Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin , Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov , Nikolay Yuryevich Kozachek , Pavel Vyacheslavovich Yershov , Aleksandr Vladimirovich Osadchuk , Aleksey Aleksandrovich Potemkin , 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 Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment. Remarks: Morgachev is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer holding the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, assigned to Unit 26165.
Morgachev was last known to be located in Moscow, Russia.
Timeline of Events
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2016-11-08
2016 U.S. Presidential Election
The election that was targeted by the alleged interference conspiracy
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2018-07-13
Federal Grand Jury Indictment
A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned an indictment against 12 Russian military intelligence officers including Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev for election interference
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Case Information
Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:April 29, 2026