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Statement from the Press Secretary (re Nancy Pelosi, Democrats)
whitehouse.gov ^ | 12/5/19 | Press Secretary

Posted on 12/5/2019, 1:08:44 PM 

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• Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski Delivers Remarks at the Yakubets Press Conference

  12/5/2019, 1:23:56 PM · by ransomnote

  justice.gov ^ | 12/5/19 | DOJ

  We are here today to identify and announce charges against a Russian national whom the Department of Justice alleges is responsible for two of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes of the past decade.The charges we are announcing today are merely allegations, and each of the defendants is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.Maksim Yakubets, of Moscow, Russia,...

• Russian National Charged with Decade-Long Series of Hacking and Bank Fraud Offenses

  12/5/2019, 1:20:37 PM · by ransomnote · 1 replies

  justice.gov ^ | 12/5/19 | DOJ

  Excerpt:

  A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned a 10-count indictment, which was unsealed today, against Yakubets and Turashev, charging them with conspiracy, computer hacking, wire fraud, and bank fraud, in connection with the distribution of “Bugat,” a multifunction malware package designed to automate the theft of confidential personal and financial information, such as online banking credentials, from infected computers. Later versions of the malware were designed with the added function of assisting in the installation of ransomware.