National Crime Agency
Evil Corp member Andrey Plotnitskiy.
- The Russian hacking group Evil Corp is being sought by various international governments and suspected of a wide range of illegal activities.
- According to the UK's National Crime Agency, the group's leader Maksim "Aqua" Yakubets is responsible for "two separate international computer hacking and bank fraud schemes" across the last 10 years that allowed his hacking group to steal millions of dollars.
- Photos released of the group's lavish lifestyle offer a look at how they spend the millions they're accused of stealing, from exotic animals to custom Lamborghinis.
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The millionaire leader of what authorities call "the world's most harmful cyber crime group," Evil Corp, lives a life full of luxury items and exotic animals.
Maksim "Aqua" Yakubets, a 32-year-old Russian man, was indicted on Thursday by US authorities. He's charged with carrying out "two separate international computer hacking and bank fraud schemes" across the last 10 years, which have allegedly siphoned millions of dollars from UK citizens into the coffers of Evil Corp.
Since Yakubets resides in Russia, the indictments won't impact him unless he leaves the country. "If Yakubets ever leaves the safety of Russia," the UK National Crime Agency said, "he will be arrested and extradited the US."
For now, Yakubets still lives in Russia and is apparently living it up alongside his cohorts. When they're not driving his custom Lamborghinis, or taking videos of a lion cub roaming an ornate rug, they're posing for photos with wads of cash.
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