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2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure and Associated Entities
Cold Case · Open - Fugitive
7 years waiting · since 2018
SERGEY ALEKSANDROVICH MORGACHEV
Justice for 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Infrastructure and Associated Entities — the trail went cold in 2018, but the truth hasn't.
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suspect
Lead #1Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev - Russian military intelligence officer, Lieutenant Colonel, Unit 26165; last known location Moscow, Russia
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evidence
Lead #2Unauthorized computer access and stolen documents from U.S. election-related entities; staged releases to interfere with 2016 election
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Lead #3Unit 26165 - Russian military intelligence unit allegedly responsible for the hacking conspiracy
On July 13, 2018, a federal grand jury indicted Sergey Aleksandrovich Morgachev, a Russian military intelligence officer, for his alleged role in a computer hacking conspiracy targeting the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Morgachev and co-conspirators are accused of gaining unauthorized access to computers of U.S. persons and entities involved in the election, stealing documents, and orchestrating their release to interfere with the election outcome. He remains at large, last known to be in Moscow, Russia, and is sought by the FBI for conspiracy, identity theft, domain name fraud, and money laundering.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) / U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
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Lead #4False domain name registrations and money laundering activities connected to the election interference operation
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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
Target election date; subject of alleged interference conspiracy
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2018-07-13
Federal Grand Jury Indictment
12 Russian military intelligence officers indicted in District of Columbia for election interference conspiracy
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Case Information
Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:May 19, 2026
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Case Information
Incident:November 8, 2016
Last Updated:May 19, 2026