Russian hacking suspect wanted by FBI arrested on Thai resort island
Published on: Nov. 20, 2025, 3:29 p.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
The Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian embassy in Thailand also did not respond to requests for comment, but Russias consul general in Phuket, Yegor Ivanov, told Russian state news agency Tass that the consulate had received notification of the arrest of a Russian citizen on charges of committing an information technology crime. He was arrested on November 6 and transferred to Bangkok that same day, Ivanov said, without providing further details.Ilya Ilyin, head of the consular section of the Russian embassy in Thailand, told Tass on Monday that Russian diplomats had visited the suspect in prison in Bangkok.
