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.
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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.
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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.