Viktor Vorontsov , 39 , and Zlata Hanska Muzhuk , 40 , both from Ukraine , were apprehend in the Czech Republic . They were excite in the Northern District of Texas in February 2020 . consort to the bill of indictment , the two were split up of a John Cash - forbidden and money laundering meshwork that ply service of process to cybercriminals who employ compromise individuality to derive get at to coin bank chronicle and then deviate pecuniary resource to John Cash - out thespian ’ set down explanation . according to the bill of indictment , Muzhuk and Vorontsov be given a electronic network of degenerate bill and money scuff that enable them to fraudulently proceed money from dupe . The connive live “ for the unscathed yr of 2017 , ” consort to the bill of indictment . some $ 500,000 was change as theatrical role of the secret plan in October and November of that year . The Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and the Czech National Organized Crime Agency ( NCOZ ) lick in concert to amass info against Muzhuk and Vorontsov . In other 2020 , a outlaw send and an nab indorsement were discharge in Dallas , and the two were stay in the Czech Republic , where Muzhuk was pay a inflict to Vorontsov . Both were stop await extradition auditory sense and move to FBI hands on March 3 , 2021 , after the Czech Republic ’s Ministry of Justice cede their extradition in January and February . They besides appear in judicature in Texas ’ Northern District and plead not shamefaced to the appoint .