Yevgeniy Polyanin, 28, was accused by the FBI earlier this month accused by the FBI of 'involvement in ransomware attacks and money laundering activities'
One of the FBI’s most wanted men linked to ransomware gang REvil is living freely in a Siberian city with no sign the Russian authorities are acting to detain him.
DailyMail.com tracked suspected super-hacker Yevgeniy Polyanin, 28, to a chic $380,000 (USD) home in Barnaul where he was seen driving his $74,000 Toyota Land Cruiser 200, evidently feeling untouchable.
His wife Sofia, 28, openly runs an upscale social media baking business - including racy hen party cupcakes decorated with male genitalia - while he is accused by the US authorities of extorting millions of dollars from American businesses.
The pair enjoy a luxury lifestyle, with helicopter rides to the nearby scenic Altai Mountains.
A second car in the suspected cybercriminal’s garage is a BMW, worth up to $108,000.
Polyanin was this month accused by the FBI of 'involvement in ransomware attacks and money laundering activities.'
He is alleged to be an affiliate of the REvil/Sodinokibi gang and the FBI claim to have seized from him $6.1 million in ill-gotten funds, while a reward of up to $5 million was offered for information leading to his arrest.
He is also seen as a key 'test case' of President Joe Biden’s demand that Vladimir Putin should cooperate with him in cracking down on suspected cybercriminals.
Yet there seems little prospect of this since Polyanin’s relatives and neighbors stress they have had no contacts over the FBI allegations from the Russian FSB counter-intelligence service or police.
Russia has been accused by the West of turning a blind eye to hackers targeting the US and Europe from its territory. DailyMail.com has reached out to the FBI to determine what will happen to the suspect now that he has been found.
Polyanin was spotted by a DailyMail reporter entering his $74,000 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 in Barnaul, Siberia
Polyanin seemed uncomfortable as he entered the car, as questions mounted about his whereabouts
He is living in a chic to a chic $380,000 home in Barnaul as he remains on the FBI's Most Wanted list
Polyanin and his wife have spent recent days dodging reporters and cutting phone calls while living at his gated home, 'elite' residential complex Nevsky in Russia’s mountainous Altai region, where his curtains remained almost permanently closed.
He made clear he did not want to speak while privately assuring his pensioner mother Svetlana Polyanina, 58, who lives in the same city, that the FBI’s allegations were 'fake.'
She had been initially deeply worried over the US claims, she said, and told a reporter she could not locate her son after the mega-hacking charges first appeared.
She said: 'I am very worried, wouldn't you be worried?
'I will not tell you anything about his job.'
She added: 'I have been taking pills since this came out….
'I have already lost four kilograms in three days.'
While denying he was a programmer, she confessed alluding to some coverage of the FBI charges in the Russian media: 'I don't know whether it is true or not what they say in the newspapers.'
Polyanna said she could not locate her son, adding: 'Maybe he is with the police now.'
And she added without further explanation: 'Start with Putin, everything will become clear immediately.'
But when he finally contacted her six days after the allegations emerged, his mother said: 'Do not disturb us please.
'We are all fine.
'He got in touch, everything is fine.
'It is all a fake. He is on holiday.'
Polyanin is living in Siberia with his wife Sofia, 28, right, as she runs a bakery business
Polyanin and Sofia have been together since they were students in Barnaul, and in February she showed what appeared to be a wedding ring in a posting promoting her cake business
A few days after his 28th birthday on March 4 Sofia shared a picture of the cake she baked him, suggesting that the suspected hacker is a fan of Japanese manga series Naruto
Sofia also posted pictures of her rude hen party cupcakes, depicting male genitalia, with the message: 'Friends, fun and enthusiasm are so important in our life'
Despite his plush new home, valued at around $380,000, Polyanin remains officially registered at her grim, Soviet-era flat in a block originally built for Interior Ministry employees, such as police, in Barnaul.
Apart from her iPhone 8, his mother shows no sign of wealth.
Polyanin’s globetrotting sister Anna, 35, was contacted by worried neighbors after the FBI allegations, and she replied that the family had had no contacts with Russian authorities or media.
She declined to meet a reporter to discuss the allegations against her younger brother.
The family 'will not speak' on the super-hacking ransomware claims, she made clear.
While Polyanin refused multiple opportunities to respond to the FBI claims, a middle aged next door neighbor said locals were familiar with the FBI claims, and untroubled by them.
Asked if he knew about the US allegations against Polyanin, he said: 'Yes, yes, yes, I heard about it.'
Questioned on whether he had read the story that his next door neighbor was wanted by the US authorities, he said: 'Yes.'
Asked if was surprised, he replied, indicating no shock: 'Noooo....'
The businessman neighbor said: 'Why don’t you talk to him personally? I won’t be speaking.'
An example of the bedrooms inside the elite block of flats where Polyanin is living with Sofia
The flats come with two floors and a designated living room area, with an attached kitchen and bar area
The elite residential complex Nevsky in Russia’s mountainous Altai region appear rather modern, with glass tables and chairs
At times, Polyanin and Sofia take helicopter rides to the explore the scenic Altai Mountains
Polyanin recovered from a serious car crash in 2018 involving a Mercedes Benz E-200 taxi in which he was travelling in Moscow.
He required months of treatment and subsequently sued for damages over the crash in which he suffered multiple injuries.
Polyanin and Sofia have been together since they were students in Barnaul, and in February she showed what appeared to be a wedding ring in a posting promoting her cake
