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Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev

Also known as: Slavik, lucky12345, Pollingsoon

Charged, Publicly wanted

Public record reviewed to August 20, 2026

Index entry last updated August 21, 2026

Alleged administrator of the Gameover Zeus botnet.

Every charge in this entry is an allegation. No conviction is recorded.

  • Remains at large with a US State Department reward of up to 3 million USD.

Everything on this page comes from cited public sources.

This entry records 2 actions across 1 takedown, each traced to a cited source. Every linked takedown sits in the verified core of this index. Where the record is silent, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Legal summary

Associated takedowns
Operation Tovar
Recorded role
Administrator of the Gameover Zeus botnet
Group segment
Core operator
Charging authority
United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Charging jurisdiction
United States
Case number
Not published
Latest recorded action
Publicly wanted, June 2014
Nationality
Russia
Country of residence
Russia

Legal history

Every step recorded in the public legal record for this person, in the order it happened.

These entries describe procedure only. Nothing here establishes guilt, and a charge remains an allegation until a court rules.

  1. May 19, 2014

    Charged by United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania in PA, United States. Fourteen-count indictment unsealed in connection with the disruption.

  2. June 2, 2014

    Listed as publicly wanted by Federal Bureau of Investigation in Russia. Remains at large in Russia. US State Department reward of up to 3 million USD announced in 2015.

Record note. Dates follow the earliest official announcement of each step. Where proceedings were subject to reporting restrictions, this entry records only what was published.