DOJ charges 3 Russians in alleged $63M cybercrime scheme targeting Americans

Three Russian nationals allegedly scammed Americans in 21 states out of more than $63 million, according to a December 2024 indictment that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio unsealed on Tuesday. The trio — Alexander Alexandrovich Volosovik, 43; Kirill Andreevich Zatolokin, 34; and Yulia Vladimirovna Pankova, 29 — conducted " malicious cyber activities against U.S. critical infrastructure" through their St. Petersburg, Russia-based companies Media Land, LLC and ML.Cloud