'I'm making this bitch's life hell' How a Russian hacker allegedly ordered the detective investigating him killed and committed countless dark web crimes in the process

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https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/10/31/i-m-making-this-bitch-s-life-hell

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Source: BBC Russian Service
October 31, 2019

The BBC Russian Service has released an investigative report detailing the 
activities of Yaroslav Sumbayev, a hacker who allegedly ordered the widely 
publicized murder of Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina. The Georgian 
government extradited Sumbayev to Russia on October 24. He had previously fled 
the country to avoid prosecution in a case that Shishkina was investigating. 
Russian journalists have reported that the alleged murderer began his criminal 
career as a hacker and small-time con artist before allegedly acquiring a major 
dark web narcotics retailer.

Yaroslav Sumbayev was born in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region 29 years ago. As a 
child, he was drawn to the natural sciences, and his classmates saw him as a 
talented student. However, according to his friends, Sumbayev changed after his 
parents got divorced. According to a new BBC Russian Service report, the young 
man began his career by selling stolen digital wallets, hacking personal 
information, and borrowing money on credit. Later, he started recruiting 
investors for a python and crocodile leather accessory business. Those 
investors never got their money back.

In 2012, Sumbayev was charged with credit card fraud. During the investigative 
phase of that case, he ran away from house arrest by cutting through his ankle 
bracelet and was placed on a federal wanted list. Around the same time, the 
alleged fraudster met Maxim Matyushev and Kirill Kulabukhov, two hackers who 
worked with him to organize another fraud scheme involving train and plane 
tickets. Using stolen client data from travel agencies, the three men ordered 
expensive seats and then returned the tickets through third parties, pocketing 
the money they received. Thirty-one companies are estimated to have lost 17.5 
million rubles (now $272,825) to that enterprise.

In 2014, Special Investigator Yevgenia Shishkina of the Central Federal 
District police department’s transport division took over the so-called “ticket 
case.” Her team managed to track down St. Petersburg resident Roman Mikhailov, 
who had acted as a middleman in the ticket returns process. His testimony 
provided the basic evidence investigators needed to learn about the organizers 
of the scheme. In November 2015, two people attacked Mikhailov, beating him up 
and cutting him with a broken bottle neck. One of the attackers muttered “Hello 
from Sumbayev” as the pair walked away. The suspects in the assault were never 
found.

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