ed up, filling a safe with stacks of hundred-dollar bills. At one point, he was hoarding over $3 million in illegal gains. In less than three years, Klyushin's cybersecurity scam amassed more than $93 million. His company, M-13, acted as a front for Russian hackers to steal information under the guise of

the FBI had been watching them — dissecting how the scam worked and determining what, if anything, they could do to stop it. The article stated that Klyushin was one of 12 alleged Russian intelligence operatives charged with hacking and insider trading by the U.S. government in 2021. After being sentence

lligence operatives charged with hacking and insider trading by the U.S. government in 2021. After being sentenced to a nine-year jail term in 2023, Klyushin was released in August 2024 as part of a historic U.S.-Russia prisoner swap that included Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. The exchang