Kelly Hagedorn

DOJ Unseals Indictment of Evil Corp Member, While OFAC Announces New Evil Corp Sanctions

October 9, 2024 By Kim Peretti, Kelly Hagedorn and Andrew Rice

On October 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment against Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков), a member of the ransomware group Evil Corp. The indictment charges Ryzhenkov with several violations of the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, as well as conspiring to commit money laundering, arising from his use of a […]