https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/10/31/i-m-making-this-bitch-s-life-hell
Meduza.io
Source: BBC Russian Service
October 31, 2019
The BBC Russian Service has released an investigative report detailing the
activities of Yaroslav Sumbayev, a hacker who allegedly ordered the widely
publicized murder of Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina. The Georgian
government extradited Sumbayev to Russia on October 24. He had previously fled
the country to avoid prosecution in a case that Shishkina was investigating.
Russian journalists have reported that the alleged murderer began his criminal
career as a hacker and small-time con artist before allegedly acquiring a major
dark web narcotics retailer.
Yaroslav Sumbayev was born in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region 29 years ago. As a
child, he was drawn to the natural sciences, and his classmates saw him as a
talented student. However, according to his friends, Sumbayev changed after his
parents got divorced. According to a new BBC Russian Service report, the young
man began his career by selling stolen digital wallets, hacking personal
information, and borrowing money on credit. Later, he started recruiting
investors for a python and crocodile leather accessory business. Those
investors never got their money back.
In 2012, Sumbayev was charged with credit card fraud. During the investigative
phase of that case, he ran away from house arrest by cutting through his ankle
bracelet and was placed on a federal wanted list. Around the same time, the
alleged fraudster met Maxim Matyushev and Kirill Kulabukhov, two hackers who
worked with him to organize another fraud scheme involving train and plane
tickets. Using stolen client data from travel agencies, the three men ordered
expensive seats and then returned the tickets through third parties, pocketing
the money they received. Thirty-one companies are estimated to have lost 17.5
million rubles (now $272,825) to that enterprise.
In 2014, Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina of the Central Federal
District police department’s transport division took over the so-called “ticket
case.” Her team managed to track down St. Petersburg resident Roman Mikhailov,
who had acted as a middleman in the ticket returns process. His testimony
provided the basic evidence investigators needed to learn about the organizers
of the scheme. In November 2015, two people attacked Mikhailov, beating him up
and cutting him with a broken bottle neck. One of the attackers muttered “Hello
from Sumbayev” as the pair walked away. The suspects in the assault were never
found.
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