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Offices of the United States Attorneys   You are subscribed to National Security news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Phobos Ransomware Administrator Extradited From South Korea To Face Cybercrime Charges 11/18/2024 07:00 AM EST Baltimore, Maryland – The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges today against Evgenii Ptitsyn, 42, a Russian national, for allegedly administering the sale, distribution, and operation of Phobos ransomware. Ptitsyn made his initial appearance in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on November 4 after being extradited from South Korea. Phobos ransomware, through its affiliates, victimized more than 1,000 public and private entities in the United States and around the world, and extorted ransom payments worth more than $16 million dollars.  Vietnamese National And Member Of Multinational Media Company Charged With Participating In A Scheme To Launder At Least $67 Million In Fraud Proceeds 11/18/2024 07:00 AM EST Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Jonathan Mellone, the Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Region of the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General ("DOL-OIG"); and Andrew Wroblewski, the Assistant Director of the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service ("DSS") Domestic Operations, announced the unsealing of a Superseding Indictment charging LE VAN HUNG, a/k/a "Hung Van Le," a/k/a "Van Hung Le," with conspiring with the Chief Financial Officer of a multinational media company headquartered in New York City to engage in a transnational scheme to launder at least approximately $67 million of illegally obtained funds to benefit, among others, the media company.   You have received this e-mail because you have asked to be notified of changes to the Offices of the United States Attorneys website. GovDelivery is providing this service on behalf of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, Department of Justice, 950 Pennsylvania Ave., NW · Washington, DC 20530 · 202-514-2000 and may not use your subscription information for any other purposes. Manage your Subscriptions | Department of Justice Privacy Policy  | GovDelivery Privacy Policy Follow the Offices of the United States Attorneys on Twitter: @USAttorneys