Miracles in the case of the former 26 members of the “Russian cyber forces” – the group of Alexei Stroganov (aka Flint) – continue. Earlier, the Cheka-OGPU wrote that Flint’s group was supervised by FSB DVKR employee Igor Voroshilov, who is also in custody. But the investigation argued that this was not the case, so there was no reason to transfer the case to the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. However, now in the final version of the accusation, the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has indicated Igor Voroshilov… as an employee of the FSB of the Russian Federation. But with a lot of reservations. They say that Voroshilov committed a crime not at his place of duty and not while performing his duties.
In connection with the official change in Voroshilov’s status, the case is now under the jurisdiction of the military investigation and the court, however, investigator Valishin put the Criminal Procedure Code in his deepest drawer and in connection with this “revealed” fact… he simply resumed the investigation and a new investigative group was created. However, this won’t last long. According to the Cheka-OGPU, from March 1, investigators again want to notify all participants about the end of investigative actions. At the same time, people have been in custody for 36 months already.
The indictment states that Flint’s group controlled most of the shadow market for payment instruments. Despite such a loud phrase, the indictment refers to the turnover of bank cards for only $700. They stated that the group had been operating since 2014, but indicated only the purchases carried out by operatives at the end of 2019. In the five years between these dates, it was not possible to find and impute anything.
Investigators did not write which shadow market was controlled, probably a foreign market, since access to the sites was provided only to foreign citizens from foreign IP addresses. Even website technical support worked in English. Access within Russia was blocked. Law enforcement officials claim that bank cards of American banks were compromised.
For none of the alleged bank cards mentioned in the indictment, it was never established whether it was actually issued by one or another foreign bank. No requests were sent to the United States in 2020 and 2021, and now in 2022 and 2023 this has apparently become impossible.
This does not prevent us from continuing to hold in custody for almost 36 months 16 people, who, in order to achieve not appearance, but a real preliminary investigation and house arrest, had nothing left but a hunger strike.
The leader of the group, Stroganov (Flint), during his activities, was awarded a certificate from the director of the FSB of the Russian Federation for ensuring cybersecurity of the Russian Federation and gratitude from Vladimir Putin for ensuring cybersecurity during the FIFA World Cup in the Russian Federation in 2018.
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