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DOJ Charges Five Over $40,000 Plot to Kill Dissident

By Drooid · Sep 16, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

U.S. Department of Justice charged five individuals with conspiracy to finance terrorism and murder-for-hire.
Yuri Khrameev, his son Kirill Khramev, operatives Oemis Romagoza Durruthy and Yaidel Delgado Suarez, and Angel Eduardo Castro were charged.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the plot targeted a Russian dissident in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors say a recruit refused a $40,000 offer to kill the Washington target.
All five defendants remain at large.

History

Historical Context

The April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols killed 168 people and exposed a financing network that used illegal weapon purchases and cash transfers. Decades later, the 2024 DOJ indictment of Yuri Khrameev, Oemis Romagoza Durruthy and Angel Castro relies on the same model, showing early terrorism-funding patterns still shape prosecutions in the United States.

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Story summary

U.S. Department of Justice charged five individuals with conspiracy to finance terrorism and murder-for-hire.
Yuri Khrameev, his son Kirill Khramev, operatives Oemis Romagoza Durruthy and Yaidel Delgado Suarez, and Angel Eduardo Castro were charged.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the plot targeted a Russian dissident in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors say a recruit refused a $40,000 offer to kill the Washington target.
All five defendants remain at large.

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