Russian national Sergei Filimonov was extradited from Georgia to the United States on charges of participating in a transnational cyberfraud scheme and stealing funds from bank accounts. The U.S. Department of Justice reported this.

The 36-year-old web developer appeared before a court in the Northern District of Georgia. A federal grand jury indicted him in the fall of 2025. If convicted, he faces between two and 175 years in prison.

According to investigators, Filimonov and his alleged accomplices created websites from November 2023 to October 2025 that imitated the pages of insured U.S. financial institutions. They purchased advertising links on search engines, redirecting bank customers to fake login pages. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the stolen login credentials and other data were used to access bank accounts, check balances, and make unauthorized transfers of funds.

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