ALEKSEI SERGEYEVICH MORENETS Conspiracy to Commit Computer Fraud Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud Aggravated Identity Theft Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering DESCRIPTION Aliases Aleksey Sergeevich Morenets Lexa Алексей Леха Сергеевич Моренец Date s of Birth Used July 31 1977 Hair Brown Eyes Brown Sex Male Race White Occupation Officer in the Russian Federation’s Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff GRU Nationality Russian REMARKS Morenets is alleged to have been a Russian military intelligence officer assigned to Unit 26165 Morenets was last known to be located in Moscow Russia DETAILS On October 3 2018 a federal grand jury sitting in the Western District of Pennsylvania returned an indictment against 7 Russian individuals for their alleged roles in hacking and related influence and disinformation operations targeting among others international anti-doping agencies sporting federations and anti-doping officials The indictment charges Aleksei Sergeyevich Morenets Evgenii Mikhaylovich Serebriakov Ivan Sergeyevich Yermakov Artem Andreyevich Malyshev Dmitriy Sergeyevich Badin Oleg Mikhaylovich Sotnikov and Alexey Valerevich Minin with computer hacking activity spanning from 2014 through May of 2018 including the computer intrusions of the United States Anti-Doping Agency USADA the World Anti-Doping Agency WADA and other victim entities during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics and afterwards The indictment charges these defendants with conspiracy to commit computer fraud conspiracy to commit wire fraud wire fraud aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit money laundering The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania issued a federal arrest warrant for each of these defendants upon the grand jury’s return of the indictment SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT RISK AND AN ESCAPE RISK If you have any information concerning this person please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate www fbi gov