A federal grand jury investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election has indicted 13 Russian nationals including 12 employees of a St. Petersburg, Russia-based company that carries out online influence operations on behalf of Moscow. Below are some details from the indictment.
Count One: Conspiracy to defraud the United States
Entities:
Internet Research Agency LLC, also known as Mediasintez LLC, Glavset LLC, Mixinfo LLC, Azimut LLC, Novinfo LLC
Concord Management and Consulting LLC
Concord Catering
People:
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin -- controller of the above entities. He and these companies "spent significant funds to further the organization's operations and to pay the remaining defendants, along with other uncharged organization employees, salaries and bonuses for their work at the organization."
The following people are charged with "posing as U.S persons and creating false U.S. personas," operating social media pages and groups designed to attract U.S. audiences. "These groups and pages, which addressed divisive U.S. political and social issues, falsely claimed to be controlled by U.S. activists when, in fact, they were controlled by Defendants. Defendants also used the stolen identities of real U.S. persons to post on organization-controlled social media accounts. Over time, these social media accounts became Defendants' means to reach significant numbers of Americans for purposes of interfering with the U.S. political system, including the presidential election of 2016."
Mikhail Ivanovich Bystrov
Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik, also known as Mikhail Abramov
Aleksandra Yuryevna Krylova
Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva
Sergey Pavlovich Polozov
Maria Anatolyevna Bovda, also known as Maria Anatolyevna Belyaeva
Robert Sergeyevich Bovda
Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly (cq) Aslanov, also known as Jayhoon Aslanov, also known as Jay Aslanov
Vadim Vladimirovich Podkopaev
Gleb (cq) Igorevich Vasilchenko
Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina
Vladimir Venkov
Count Two: Conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud
Internet Research Agency LLC
Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov
Gleb Igorevich Vasilchenko
Counts Three through Eight: Aggravated Identity Theft
Internet Research Agency LLC
Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov
Gleb Igorevich Vasilchenko
Irina Viktorovna Kaverzina
Vladimir Venkov
