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US disrupts global ‘botnet’ controlled by Russian military intelligence, DoJ says

Attorney general also announces charges against Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev for sanctions violations

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Attorney general also announces charges against Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev for sanctions violations

Highlights

  • US has disrupted a global “botnet’ controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency.
  • Attorney General Merrick Garland also announced charges against Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev for sanctions violations.
  • TV producer John Hanick, 71, a US citizen charged with violations of sanctions and false statements.
  • The indictment is the first of a Russian oligarchs in the US since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  • Garland: “Our message to those who continue to enable the Russian regime through their criminal conduct is this: it does not matter how well you.
  • conceal your assets, it does.