Prosecutor release # Russian Cybercriminal Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Digital Advertising Fraud Scheme United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, November 10, 2021. Aleksandr Zhukov's 10-year sentence and $3,827,493 forfeiture order before U.S. District Judge Eric R. Komitee; his 2018 arrest in Bulgaria, 2019 extradition, and May 2021 jury conviction on wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering. **Source type:** Prosecutor release **Published:** November 10, 2021 **Research grade:** P1 **Used in entries:** 2 ## Bibliographic record **Publisher:** United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York **Published:** November 10, 2021 **Source type:** Prosecutor release **Research grade:** Source grade P1 **Language:** English **Official record:** Official publication **Address:** [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/russian-cybercriminal-sentenced-10-years-prison-digital-advertising-fraud-scheme](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/russian-cybercriminal-sentenced-10-years-prison-digital-advertising-fraud-scheme) **What it supports:** Aleksandr Zhukov's 10-year sentence and $3,827,493 forfeiture order before U.S. District Judge Eric R. Komitee; his 2018 arrest in Bulgaria, 2019 extradition, and May 2021 jury conviction on wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy and money laundering **Dataset id:** src\_doj\_3ve\_zhukov\_sentencing\_2021 ## Research notes - Archived capture of 2024-01-16 read on 2026-08-23; header reads 'Wednesday, November 10, 2021'. - The intermediate conviction is covered by a separate EDNY release, 'Russian Cybercriminal Convicted of Defrauding American Companies of Millions of Dollars Through Digital Advertising Scheme', 2021-05-28, which is not yet in the dataset either. How this source is used Cited 2 times across 2 record types. The role on each citation records what the source was relied on for. A primary source establishes the fact, a supporting source corroborates it, technical evidence describes the infrastructure, and a later outcome records what happened afterwards. Sources were reviewed to a research cutoff of August 23, 2026. Addresses recorded after that date are not reflected here. ## Cited by ### Takedown records 1 citation Cited on the takedown record itself. - [3ve ad-fraud botnet disruption](https://takedownindex.org/takedowns/3ve-ad-fraud-botnet-disruption) Malware and botnets, November 2018 Supporting source ### Legal actions against people 1 citation Cited for a recorded legal action against a named person. - [Aleksandr Zhukov](https://takedownindex.org/people/aleksandr-zhukov) Sentenced, 3ve ad-fraud botnet disruption Later outcome [All sources](https://takedownindex.org/sources)