The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, offers a reward of up to $10 million for information on foreign interference in US elections. the United States. The reward offer seeks information leading to the identification or location of any foreign person, including a foreign entity, who has knowingly engaged or is engaged in interference in the elections of the United States, as well as the ‘information that leads to the prevention, frustration or favorable resolution of an act. of foreign electoral interference. This announcement by RFJ is part of the US Government’s broader efforts to ensure the security and integrity of our elections and protect against foreign interference in our elections.
The Department is seeking information about the Internet Research Agency LLC (“IRA”), Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, and related Russian entities and associates for their involvement in US election interference.
The IRA is a Russian entity engaged in political and election interference operations. In early 2014, the IRA began operations to interfere with the US political system, including the 2016 US presidential election, with a strategic goal of sowing discord. IRA operated through several Russian entities, including Internet Research LLC, MediaSintez LLC, GlavSet LLC, MixInfo LLC, Azimut LLC and NovInfo LLC.
Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin is a Russian national who provided funding to the IRA through the companies he controlled, Concord Management and Consulting LLC and Concord Catering (collectively “Concord”). Concord sent funds, advised personnel, and oversaw IRA activities through reporting and interaction with IRA management.
Mikhail Ivanovich Bystrov, Mikhail Leonidovich Burchik, Aleksandra Yuryevna Krylova, Anna Vladislavovna Bogacheva, Sergey Pavlovich Polozov, Maria Anatolyevna Bovda, Robert Sergeyevich Bovda, Dzheykhun Nasimi Ogly Aslanov, Vadim Vladimir Podkopaev, I Vladimir Vasinav, I Vladimir Vasinav, Vladimir Vasinav, Iválvich Podkopaev various capabilities to carry out IRA interference operations targeting the United States. They knowingly and intentionally conspired to defraud the United States by impeding, obstructing, and defeating the lawful functions of the government by means of fraud and deceit with the purpose of interfering with the political and electoral processes of the United States, including the presidential election of in 2016.
For more information, visit www.rewardsforjustice.net. We encourage anyone with information about the IRA, Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin, and associated Russian entities and/or individuals linked to US election interference to contact the Rewards for Justice office via our Tor-based tip reporting channel at: he5dybnt7sr6cm32xt77pazmtm65flqyruioflqyruioflv5flqyruiofiriov5. necessary).
Rewards for Justice is a premier national security program administered by the Diplomatic Security Service in the United States Department of State. Since its inception in 1984, the program has paid more than $250 million to more than 125 people around the globe who provided actionable information that helped solve threats to US national security. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/RFJ_USA.
