Overview
- Prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging Russian national Mykhalio Petrovich Chudnovets with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, a charge carrying a maximum 20-year sentence.
- Law enforcement took down servers, mobile applications, and the websites e-note.com, e-note.ws, and jabb.mn linked to the service.
- The FBI has identified more than $70 million in illicit proceeds since 2017 flowing through E-Note and associated money-mule networks, including funds from attacks on U.S. health care and critical infrastructure.
- Authorities did not state that Chudnovets is in U.S. custody, and public filings offered no confirmation of an arrest.
- The operation involved the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Michigan, the FBI Detroit Cyber Task Force, Michigan State Police and MC3, with key cooperation from Germany’s BKA and Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation; potential victims were directed to contact e-note-information@fbi.gov.