U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Parker | U.S. Department of Justice
A New York resident has admitted guilt in a federal court in Columbus, Ohio, for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars from a strength training equipment manufacturer based in the city. Aleksandr Bogomolny, 53, from Brooklyn, confessed to conspiring and committing money laundering.
Court documents reveal that the FBI received a complaint in May 2021 from Rogue Fitness, headquartered in Columbus. The company reported 78 outgoing transfers totaling nearly half a million dollars between March 29 and April 29, 2021. An investigation revealed that a banking Trojan had infected an employee's computer at Rogue Fitness, stealing banking credentials and targeting corporate victims.
The stolen funds were distributed to 22 different card numbers, including Bogomolny’s Bank of America card. Further scrutiny of his bank account showed he laundered over $247,000 between December 2019 and July 2021.
During a search at Bogomolny’s Brooklyn home, agents found documents with more than 341,000 unique identifiers such as names and Social Security numbers. They also discovered images of driver’s licenses and credit card numbers.
Bogomolny used the online gambling platform FanDuel to launder money by creating accounts using stolen identities. He deposited nearly $572,000 and withdrew over $485,000 through this method.
In plea documents from 2023, Bogomolny agreed to launder $20,000 for undercover FBI agents posing as drug dealers for a six percent fee. Between November 2023 and March 2024, he returned $18,800 through multiple ACH transactions. In April 2024, he accepted another $50,000 from undercover agents before being arrested.
Money laundering charges carry up to a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison under federal law. The sentencing will be determined by the Court at a future hearing based on advisory guidelines.
Kenneth L. Parker, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Elena Iatarola; Special Agent in Charge at the FBI Cincinnati Division; announced the guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Algenon L. Marbley. Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter K. Glenn-Applegate is representing the United States.
