America is offering a bounty of US$3 Million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of one of the world’s most notorious hackers, Evgeniy Bogachev.  That’s more than $3.8 Million in Aussie currency, and the biggest bounty Uncle Sam has ever put on a cyber crime case.

Bogachev was indicted in Pittsburgh last year on charges including bank fraud and conspiracy related to the computer attack network called GameOver Zeus bot-net that allegedly stole more than $100m from online bank accounts.  Federal prosecutors in Omaha, Nebraska want to put him on trial on bank fraud conspiracy charges related to his alleged involvement in an earlier variant of Zeus malware known as “Jabber Zeus”.  Victims of that scam were tricked into downloading malware which scours their computers for financial information.

“This reward offer reaffirms the commitment of the US government to bring those who participate in organized crime to justice, whether they hide online or overseas,” the US State Department said in a statement.

Evgeniy Bogachev is believed to be hiding out in Russia.  Moscow has talked about cooperating with the US on battling cybercrime, but nothing has come out of it so far.  China expressed absolutely no interest in cooperating, according to the FBI.