Designation identifiers
- UKSL unique ID
- CYB0052
- OFSI group ID
- 16589
- Designation type
- Individual
- Date designated
- 1 October 2024
- Last updated
- 9 April 2025
Regimes
- The Cyber (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Designation sources
- UK
Sanctions imposed
- Asset freeze
- Travel Ban
- Director Disqualification Sanction
Official reasons
- Artem Viktorovich YAKUBETS is a member of Evil Corp, and is associated with Maksim YAKUBETS who was involved in relevant cyber activity through his leadership of Evil Corp; and Dmitry SMIRNOV and Aleksey SHCHETININ who were involved in relevant cyber activity through their facilitation of financial and money laundering activity for Evil Corp. Evil Corp's malicious cyber activity involved a concerted effort to compromise UK health, government and public sector institutions, and commercial technology companies, for financial gain, undermined or was intended to undermine the integrity, prosperity and security of the United Kingdom and its allies.
Other information
- The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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