Tim Vakhaevich Stigal

Between April 2014 and March 2016, Tim Vakhaevich Stigal was allegedly part of four separate conspiracies to traffic in stolen payment card information belonging to the customers of at least three different corporate victims located throughout the United States. In relation to one of the conspiracies, and in an attempt to extort one of the corporate victims, Stigal additionally transmitted a threat to impair the confidentiality of stolen personal data belonging to customers of the corporate victim if a ransom was not paid to Stigal.Stigal is charged with four counts of wire fraud conspiracy, twelve counts of wire fraud, one count of computer fraud extortion, three counts of access device fraud, and three counts of aggravated identity theft.The prosecution is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey and the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS).The charges and allegations contained in the indictment are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.If you have information regarding this individual, please contact the U.S. Secret Service via email at MostWanted@usss.dhs.gov or via Signal at USSSMostWanted.1865.

Relevant links: https://www.justice.gov/usao-nj/pr/two-russian-nationals-charged-separate-indictments-fraud-and-other-offenses-related, https://www.state.gov/reward-for-information-tim-vakhaevich-stigal, /sites/default/files/reports/2024-09/STIGAL-Tim-Vakhaevich-Reward-Poster-Combined.pdf