The US office is offering $10 million for information that could lead to his arrest. Despite this, Matveev claims that his life has not changed since his alleged cybercrime came to light.
In an interview with TechCrunch, he said: “We are Russian, we are not afraid of the American government.” Mikhail said that his life got better after the sanctions and that he did not feel the impact of the sanctions on him.
He would no longer travel and would burn his passport to avoid arrest outside Russia. His last trip was to Thailand in 2014.
Earlier this year, the US government accused Matveev of participating in a “global ransomware campaign.” However, Mikhail claims that he is not affiliated with any of the groups involved in such work and uses their software only for his own purposes.
Source: Ferra
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