The trial for accused Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin is wrapping up today.
Whatever happens next, never forget the iconic photo he took by a Lamborghini in Red Square, which easily ranks among the most ridiculous hacker pictures ever.
Gotta confess I’ve been wasting time by revisiting all the other (accused) hackers + scammers who have posted totally bonkers pics of themselves since.
Black hoodies are officially out of style, people…
Our guy Maksim Boiko is a true legend in the world of ridiculous hacker photos. Boiko is a part-time rapper who calls himself PlinOfficial. DOJ says, actually, he’s a massive money launderer.
Either way, he loves Supreme shirts.
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Here’s Boiko’s Instagram, where he has thoughtful captions like “Call Your Bitch.”
instagram.com/plinofficial/?…
Here’s Oleksandr Ieremenko, a buddy of Nikulin who is accused of hacking the SEC.
The FBI says they have a video of Ieremenko driving himself and Nikulin to a “summit of bad motherfuckers” in a Moscow hotel. (I would die to see this video, btw...)
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Here’s Aleksei Stroganov, arrested by Russia’s FSB in March, allegedly for running a carding empire.
It’s a bizarre case, mostly because it involves the FSB enforcing cybercrime laws.
@geminiadvisory found his Facebook...
facebook.com/aleksei.stroga…
Very thankful that @thegumshoo remembered Evgeniy Bogachev.
He's a longtime resident of the FBI's Most Wanted List in connection with the GameOver Zeus malware. There's a $3 million reward for him. fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/e…
Here's another wild one (well, two) of Bogachev...
Lest we forget Maksim Yakubets, another member of the Most Wanted List. He's accused of running "Evil Corp.," the gang that stole millions of dollars via banking malware.
(I swear this picture is real.)
and here's Yakubets' wedding, alongside a picture from UK law enforcement showing another Evil Corp member, Andrey Plotnitskiy, holding...
yet another fat stack of cash.
(please don't hack me, dudes.)
One more: Hushpuppi. He’s the Nigerian Instagram influencer -- 2.4 million followers! -- who the FBI says planned to launder $147 million stolen via email scams.
(I feel like the Eiffel Tower > Red Square, tbh) instagram.com/hushpuppi/?utm…
I finally can add another alleged scammer to this list -->
Mr. Woodbery.
He was arrested in Dubai on charges that he stole $15 million from a company in Chicago. The real crime was the denim suit.
instagram.com/mrwoodbery/
Here's an outstanding picture of Yaroslav Vasinskyi, a Ukrainian man charged with using the REvil ransomware to extort US firms out of millions of dollars.
Vasinskyi was arrested at a Polish border stop in October. Here he is as a bright-eyed young man.
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