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Oleg Korniev / YMCO guilty plea

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Oleg Korniev pleaded guilty to helping run Your Mule Cashout (YMCO), a money-laundering network that moved illicit proceeds for cybercriminals and exposed U.S. victims to losses. The case in the Western District of North Carolina covers money laundering, aggravated identity theft, computer fraud, and access device theft. His plea expands criminal exposure around a long-running mule operation that used more than 15,000 money mules.

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  1. 09.10.2026 14:14 2 articles · 1h ago

    Oleg Korniev pleads guilty to running the YMCO money-laundering network

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    Oleg Korniev, a Ukrainian-Russian dual citizen and leader of Your Mule Cashout (YMCO), pleaded guilty in the Western District of North Carolina to money laundering, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, and conspiracy to commit access device theft. YMCO had operated since September 2007, used more than 15,000 money mules from the United States, and allegedly moved over $10 million stolen from over 750 U.S. bank accounts at more than 35 banks; Korniev also admitted that the operation caused over $14.7 million in actual and intended losses and that he laundered at least $7 million of the $9.7 million received from cybercriminals.

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