On November 22, 2021 City of Fairfax Police conducted an investigation of a reported fraud. Investigation revealed that unknown persons accessed an E*TRADE Financial Corporation account belonging to the victim and stole over $48,000 between two transactions. An attempt to conduct a third transaction was made however, was declined, due to suspicious activity. It was later determined that the funds were laundered and sent by electronic means to another account.
The Criminal Investigations Division investigated the case and obtained warrants for two counts of Computer Fraud (18.2-152.3), one count of Attempted Computer Fraud (18.2-26/18.2-152.3) and one count of Money Laundering (18.2-246.3) for Aleksey Ivashenkov, 63, 1248 Walnut Street, San Bernardino, California.
On September 13, 2022 with the assistance of the City of San Bernardino Police Department Ivashenkov was arrested and transported to the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, California where he will remain until extradited back to Virginia.
