The United States has issued a reward of up to $2.5 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a Belarusian wanted for his alleged participation in a malware advertising scheme. Volodymyr Kadariya has been charged in the United States with cybercrime offenses involving malware known as the Angler Exploit Kit. It and other malware was used in a scheme to compromise the computers of millions of unsuspecting Internet users through online advertisements from October 2013 through March 2022. Kadariya was indicted in June 2023 in New Jersey on fraud charges. The reward announced on August 26 is through the State Department’s Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program.
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