Sergey Ovsyannikov, 31, and Yevgeniy Timchenko, 32, plead guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud. They admitted their roles in helping to create and control an online fraud scheme known as 3ve – pronounced “Eve” The 3ve scheme was powered by a botnet that compromised more than 1.7 million computers. The FBI worked with several security firms to shut down the 3ve botnet in 2018. A third man allegedly involved in the scheme remains in federal custody and that case is ongoing.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/guilty-pleas-in-29-million-online-ad-fraud-case-a-13156