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They were really the godfather, so to speak. They ran their operations out of the back of an Italian restaurant in Moscow, in the back room,

just like you would see Tony Soprano do.

A Russian cyber hacking group, accused by the FBI,

of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars,

emptying bank accounts and upending lives.

We got a call from the bank and said, are you aware that there's no funds in this account?

What the, excuse me, how did that happen?

A new generation of criminal hackers, the blueprint for modern cyber crime.

The kinds of criminal schemes so audacious and sophisticated that they would be difficult

to imagine if they were not real. The rewards are limitless. I'd say a week, it's probably

looking hundreds of thousands of dollars per week. It was becoming the largest cybercriminal case in the FBI.

And at the top of this criminal food chain is a cybercrime gang with a fitting name.

Evil Corps.

The Evil Corps Group.

Evil Corps are accused of reaping the rewards of their crimes without remorse, living life in the fast lane, leading lavish designer lifestyles in the Russian capital.

But in recent years, Evil Corps has gone underground as international investigators have turned up the heat.

I set out with my primary mission to disrupt cyber criminals.

We had surveillance teams deployed in the UK.

He would be picked up by a variety of money mules.

They would just go from bank to bank.

Oh my God, it's like we are so up in their business right now.

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