2 Russian Nationals Charged in Hacking, Malware Schemes That Caused Tens of Millions in Losses

Maksim Yakubets (L) and Igor Olegovich Turashev (R), from Russia, have been charged in connection to a hacking and malware scheme causing tens of millions in damages. FBI

Two Russian nationals have been charged in connection to two separate hacking and malware schemes that have resulted in the theft of millions of dollars from victims worldwide.

Maksim Yakubets, 32, and Igor Turashev, 38, both residing in Russia, have been indicted on a series of charges including conspiracy, computer hacking, and fraud for their involvement in a decade-long cybercrime spree that deployed some of the “most damaging pieces of financial malware ever used” to steal from unsuspecting victims, according to officials from the Justice Department, FBI, and the UK on Thursday.