Who are the Most Wanted Fugitives by U.S Secret Service - Top 10 (2024)

In recent years, the focus of investigations conducted by the FBI and CIA has predominantly revolved around the apprehension and neutralization of terrorists, rather than domestic criminal activity.

Hence, the composition of the most sought-after individuals on the list of terrorists, encompassing Muslim extremists, cyberterrorists, and hackers, has undergone alterations. However, it is noteworthy that mobsters, gang leaders, and serial killers continue to consistently occupy this position.

However, as the FBI has stated, "To protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States" is at the core of its work.

What is a US Fugitive?

"Any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a crime or avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding" is the definition of a fugitive from justice under 18 U.S.C. § 921.

What happens when you go on the run from the law?

Typically, individuals who engage in serious running, such as attempting to flee the country, may face legal consequences, including imprisonment. If you are apprehended after attempting to escape from your trial, you should expect to spend the remainder of your trial in custody.

Learn more: Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives By FBI (2024 Update)

Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives In The US 2024

Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives In The US 2024

1. Denis Gennadievich KULKOV

DOB: April 8, 1980

NATIONALITY: Russia

CITIZENSHIP: Russia

HEIGHT: 5’7”

WEIGHT: 170 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Black/Balding

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: New York

Denis Gennadievich Kulkov is accused of access device fraud, computer intrusion, and money laundering in connection with his operation of Try2Check, the main service providing "card-checking" to cybercriminals in the stolen credit card trade. The indictment was unsealed by the US Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York on May 3, 2023.

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2. Oleksii Volodymyrovych BYSTROV

DOB: April 22, 1983

NATIONALITY: Ukraine

CITIZENSHIP: Ukraine

HEIGHT: N/A

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: San Francisco

According to the indictment in this case, Oleksii Volodymyrovych Bystrov and his accomplices allegedly obtained the login credentials for many online banking accounts belonging to customers of a U.S. financial institution through fraud between August 2011 and March 2013. Bystrov and his collaborators used those credentials to create ACH (Automated Clearing House) links between the victim accounts and destination accounts under their control, all without the knowledge or consent of the legitimate account owner.

Bystrov and his associates then caused and attempted to cause the U.S. financial institution to execute wire transfers into bank accounts under the control of Bystrov and his associates, all while falsely representing themselves as the legitimate customers of the aforementioned financial institution. Additionally, Bystrov and his accomplices substituted phone numbers and email addresses controlled by the fraudsters for the verification phone numbers and email addresses on the victim accounts. The conspirators attempted to avoid bank monitoring of the unlawful fund transfers in this way.

3. Vitaly Nikolayevich KOVALEV

DOB: June 23, 1988

NATIONALITY: Russia

CITIZENSHIP: Russia

HEIGHT: 5’11”

WEIGHT: 160 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: Newark

A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey indicted Vitaly Nikolayevich Kovalev in February 2012 on eight counts of bank fraud and conspiracy to commit bank fraud in connection with a string of bank account intrusions that took place in 2009 and 2010 at various U.S.-based financial institutions.

Kovalev and his accomplices are accused in the indictment of being able to obtain unlawful access to accounts maintained by at least three separate financial organizations with headquarters in the United States. After gaining access to the accounts, Kovalev and other others transferred money illegally into other bank accounts that Kovalev had set up and directed, with the express intent of obtaining the stolen money. Kovalev would then order the money to be taken out of these accounts or moved away. Kovalev and his accomplices were able to withdraw around $1 million from the victim's bank accounts without permission in total.

4. Tim Vakhaevich STIGAL

DOB: April 19, 1978

NATIONALITY: Russia

CITIZENSHIP: Russia

HEIGHT: 5’8”

WEIGHT: 200 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Black / Grey / Balding

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: Newark

Tim Vakhaevich Stigal is accused of being a part of four different conspiracies between April 2014 and March 2016 to traffic in stolen credit card information from customers of at least three different corporate victims spread across the US. Stigal also sent a threat to compromise the security of the stolen personal data of the corporate victim's clients if a ransom was not paid to him in connection with one of the conspiracies and in an effort to coerce one of the corporate victims.

Twelve counts of wire fraud, one act of computer fraud extortion, three counts of access device fraud, four counts of wire fraud conspiracy, and three counts of aggravated identity theft are all brought against Stigal.

5. Aleksey Viktorovich BILYUCHENKO

NATIONALITY: Russia

CITIZENSHIP: Russia

HEIGHT: N/A

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: San Francisco

According to court documents from the Northern District of California made public on June 7, 2023, Aleksey Bilyuchenko worked with Alexander Vinnik and other people to run the BTC-e exchange from 2011 until authorities shut it down in July 2017. One of the biggest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world at the time, BTC-e served as a major hub for cybercriminals to store, transfer, and launder the money obtained from their illicit operations.

BTC-e, which handled billion-dollar transactions and millions of bitcoin in deposits and withdrawals, served over a million customers globally. BTC-e obtained illicit earnings from many ransomware attacks, identity theft schemes, corrupt public officials, drug delivery rings, and computer intrusions and hacking incidents.

6. Ivan Sergiyovich TURCHYNOV

DOB: June 11, 1987

NATIONALITY: Moldova/Romania/Ukraine

CITIZENSHIP: Moldova/Romania/Ukraine

HEIGHT: N/A

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR COLOR: Blonde

EYE COLOR: Blue/green

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: Newark

According to the indictment in this case, Ivan Sergiyovich Turchynov and his accomplices allegedly began an international computer hacking and fraudulent securities trading scheme on or around February 2010, whereby they: (a) gained access to the computer networks of Marketwired, PR Newswire, and Business Wire; (b) took press releases that contained material non-public information from the internal computer networks of the victim companies before they were made public; and (c) traded ahead of the material non-public information in the stolen releases before it was distributed.

The co-conspirators accessed over 150,000 stolen releases during the course of the conspiracy, and they made profitable trades using the significant non-public information found in those releases. The plan brought in over $30 million in earnings from illegal trading overall.

7. Pavel Pavlovich DUBOVOY

DOB: February 18, 1983

NATIONALITY: Ukraine

CITIZENSHIP: Ukraine

HEIGHT: 6’0”

WEIGHT: 200 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Blue

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: Newark

According to the indictment, Pavel Pavlovich Dubovoy and his friends started an international scheme to hack computers and trade fake securities around February 2010. They are accused of doing the following: (a) getting into the computer networks of Marketwired, PR Newswire, and Business Wire; (b) taking press releases from the victim companies' internal computer networks that contained important, non-public information before sending them to third parties; and

The co-conspirators accessed over 150,000 stolen releases during the course of the conspiracy, and they made profitable trades using the significant non-public information found in those releases. The plan brought in over $30 million in earnings from illegal trading overall.

8. Maksym YASTREMSKIY

DOB: November 6, 1982

NATIONALITY: Ukraine

CITIZENSHIP: Ukraine

HEIGHT: 5’8”

WEIGHT: 150 lbs

HAIR COLOR: Blonde

EYE COLOR: Blue

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: San Diego

On May 12, 2008, the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York unsealed a 27-count indictment charging Maksym Yastremskiy and a co-defendant with wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, conspiracy to possess unauthorized access devices, access device fraud, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, and counts of interception of electronic communications.

Yastremskiy and other individuals are accused of participating in a conspiracy whereby they broke into cash register terminals at various restaurants across the US to get credit and debit card information associated with "Track 2." The financial institutions that provided the credit and debit cards suffered damages as a result of the defendants' sale of the stolen data to third parties who either used it themselves or resold it to make fraudulent purchases.

9. Mikhaylo Sergiyovich RYTIKOV

DOB: May 25, 1987

NATIONALITY: Ukraine

CITIZENSHIP: Ukraine

HEIGHT: N/A

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Blue

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: Newark

According to the indictment in this case, Mykhaylo Sergiyovich Rytikov and other co-conspirators ran a well-known hacking group in the District of New Jersey from at least August 2005 until on or around July 2012, which is when several of the biggest known data breaches occurred. The defendants and their accomplices used a variety of strategies to break into the protected computer networks of some of the biggest retailers, financial institutions, and payment processing organizations in the world, steal other people's personally identifiable information, and more. As part of these operations, Rytikov leased hacking platforms to other conspirators so they could attack target networks. Rytikov did this by serving as a vendor of computer and server infrastructure.

10. Leonid Vladimirovich SOKOLOV

DOB: April 28, 1983

NATIONALITY: Russia

CITIZENSHIP: Russia

HEIGHT: N/A

WEIGHT: N/A

HAIR COLOR: Brown

EYE COLOR: Brown

U.S. SECRET SERVICE FIELD OFFICE: New York

On April 7, 2011, Leonid Vladimirovich Sokolov was the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the Southern District of New York in relation to Indictment 11 Cr. 322, which claims that between January 2010 and February 2011, both inside and outside the district, Sokolov and others planned to hack the computer systems of at least 69 merchant locations, including hotels and restaurants, with the intention of stealing credit and debit card information, including

Sokolov and associates are accused of losing over $6 million as a result of selling compromised card data to other conspirators, who either made purchases and charges without authorization or sold the card data to other conspirators. Sokolov and associates executed the fraud scheme by infiltrating the targeted retailers' computerized point of sale systems and inserting malware designed to obtain credit and debit card information as well as network credentials, such as usernames and passwords.

Conclusion

The people listed above are regarded as dangerous and armed. Never try to capture any of these runaways on your own.

Anyone with information is encouraged to report it via USMS Tips, the United States Marshals Service Communications Center at 1-800-336-0102, or the closest United States Marshals Service District Office.