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Kidnappers pulled up in a car (presumably en route between work and home) and made him get in (DON’T KNOW HOW OR IF THEY HAD A WEAPON PRESUMABLY SIMPLY THROUGH PHYSCIAL FORCE) and put a wool hat over his head covering his eyes so he would not know where he was going (SOURCE), driving him to a dacha in Sergiev Posad (SOURCE) outside of Moscow city in the Moscow Region, locking him in a bathhouse and had him call his parents for ransom asking for 3 million Euros; (SOURCE)
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http://rt.com/news/son-kaspersky-police-ivan/
Kidnap of software mogul’s son conceived to pay loans
Published: 25 April, 2011, 16:01
Russian police disclose the details about kidnappers of the son of Evgeny Kaspersky, founder the world’s fourth-largest antivirus software vendor
Russian police disclose the details about kidnappers of the son of Evgeny Kaspersky, founder the world’s fourth-largest antivirus software vendor, who was abducted last week and released on Sunday.
The young man was snatched by five suspects, three of whom proved to be members of one family – an elderly couple and their 30-year old son, aided by two younger friends.
A 61-year-old Muscovite, who has a history of past convictions, and his 64-year-old wife allegedly committed the crime in an attempt to pay off loans, an unnamed source in the Moscow police told Interfax.
The alleged kidnappers gathered the necessary information about the younger Kaspersky from the internet. Among other things, they found out that he studied at an ordinary Moscow university and had no bodyguards.
“While preparing for their crime, the detainees established where Ivan Kaspersky worked and snatched him not far from his office in one of Moscow’s industrial areas,” Interfax quoted the source as saying.
The kidnappers made Ivan get into their car and put a woolen hat over his head, so that his eyes were completely covered. After having sufficiently covered their tracks, the suspects brought the young man to their dacha in the Moscow Region, locked him in a bathhouse and demanded he call his parents for a ransom.
“At this point, the anti-kidnapping group of the [Moscow Criminal Investigation Department] and the FSB joined the search. Using specialized equipment, they established the approximate place from where the call was made and started the operational work,” police said.
When the house where Ivan Kaspersky had been kept was established, the kidnappers were tricked into leaving the house and seized.
“The kidnappers’ Lexus RX300 and Mercedes were stopped by traffic police at one of the check points under the guise of routine document inspection, and then Special Forces intervened,” police said. “The son of the organizer attempted to resist, but was quickly neutralized.”
Another member of the criminal group who stayed in the house to look after Ivan was detained shortly after, while Ivan himself was released.
“Members of police who were involved in the operation were surprised how blunt and stupid those who committed this crime were. Now they face lengthy terms in jail,” the police source added.
According to police, the operation was being prepared in strict secrecy, as media were seriously obstructing police from their work by some publications and “could provoke criminals for inadequate actions” that could jeopardize the life of the hostage.
On Thursday, Russian mass media reported that 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky had been kidnapped on April 19 in Moscow on his way to work. The kidnappers demanded a 3-million-euro ransom for his release. The young man was released on Sunday in a bloodless operation with no ransom paid, as reported by Russian police. He feels well and has now been reunited with his family.
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110425/163691510.html
Russian court asked to sanction arrest of suspected Kaspersky kidnappers
14:00 25/04/2011
Investigators have requested a Russian court to issue a formal arrest for five suspected kidnappers of the son of Russian software tycoon Yevgeny Kaspersky, Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said on Monday.
Ivan Kaspersky, 20, was abducted last week while on his way to work where he was gaining experience as a computer programmer. Police spokesman Viktor Biryukov said that Kaspersky's son was freed on Sunday as a result of a raid in the Moscow Region, which involved riot police and Federal Security Service officers.
The five people suspected of being involved in the kidnapping were detained while being handed a ransom that they demanded for the release of the young man, the Vesti TV channel said. Media reports said the kidnappers demanded 3 million euros ($4.3 million) for Ivan's safe return.
A source told Russian daily Kommersant that the abduction was organized by a professional kidnapper. Kaspersky, CEO of global digital security company Kaspersky Labs, is estimated to be the 125th richest man in Russia with an $800-million fortune, according to Forbes.
The kidnappers had been following Ivan Kaspersky and his girlfriend for several months, Kommersant said. After being kidnapped, he was asked to call his parents and ask them to pay a ransom without calling police.
First, Yevgeny Kaspersky's friends from the Federal Security Service were negotiating the release of his son, but information then leaked to the media, posing a threat to Kaspersky junior's life, Kommersant said.
Kaspersky was safely released due to well-planned police tricks that misled the kidnappers, the paper said. The kidnappers were persuaded that the ransom will be paid and information was spread throughout Russian media that Kaspersky had already been released and that his family had asked law enforcers not to get involved to avoid publicity.
Ivan is said to be in good health. Police are continuing their search for possible accomplices in the Moscow Region. The abductors face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
Natalya Kasperskaya, the mother of the kidnapped man, has expressed her gratitude to the investigators and security officers who helped release her son.
"We should install a monument in honor to the Moscow Criminal Investigation officials!" she said in a message on Facebook. "The Federal Security Service has also helped a lot. Thanks to everyone who supported us in this difficult time."
MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti)
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/24/us-kaspersky-kidnapping-idUSTRE73N1DJ20110424?feedType=RSS&ca=rssvzw Russia Kaspersky Lab says founder's son freed
9:36am CDT
MOSCOW | Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:21am EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian law enforcement agencies freed the 20-year old son of Kasperky Lab's founder Eugene Kaspersky following a kidnapping last week, the leading anti-virus software firm said in a statement on Sunday.
"No ransom was paid to free him," the company said.
Earlier media reports indicated Ivan Kaspersky, 20, was kidnapped on April 19 and that his abductors demand 3 million euros ($4.19 million) for his release.
Kidnappings of business people and their children are not uncommon in Russia, and wealthy Muscovites are usually accompanied by bodyguards.
Earlier a law enforcement source told Interfax news agency that Kaspersky was freed during a special operation.
"To free I. Kaspersky a special operation was developed, during which the abductors were misled," the source told the agency.
A Moscow police spokesman told the agency that five suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.
Kaspersky is the world's fourth-biggest maker of secure content management systems, rivalling Symantec, McAfee Inc and Trend Micro.
The firm is considered to be Russia's most successful software start-up and President Dmitry Medvedev visited Kaspersky Lab last year in to showcase its success for international investors wary of the nation's investment climate.
U.S. private equity group General Atlantic in January took a roughly 20 percent stake in the firm for about $200 million, two people familiar with the situation told Reuters.
(Reporting by Alfred Kueppers; Editing by David Cowell)
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Posted on April 25, 2011 in Crime
Law enforcement officials learned about the whereabouts of the kidnapped son, Eugene Kaspersky, to follow a phone call from the kidnappers, the newspaper Moscow News. 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky, son of the head of an antivirus company Kaspersky Labs, was kept in one district of Moscow region on April 19. The criminals demanded for the release of Kaspersky son three million euros in cash and demanded that the young man's parents did not communicate with police. On his abduction Kaspersky told himself, calling his parents from his cell phone at the request of the criminals. The first time, negotiations for the release were security officers from Kaspersky Lab and friends of Eugene Kaspersky, the FSB, but on April 21 they had to apply to law enforcement authorities in connection with the fact that information about the abduction came in the media, writes Kommersant. In connection with the publicity of information about the disappearance of Ivan Kaspersky in the media been thrown a message stating that he was allegedly freed for ransom on Friday, April 22. Officially, it was not confirmed. During investigations it was found the place where kept Kaspersky. According to Kommersant, it was rented specifically for the kidnapping of a private house in Sergiev Posad, Moscow region. April 24 became known for the release of Kaspersky Ivan. The young man managed to free thanks to the combined actions of the police, the FSB security service and Kaspersky Lab. In the Moscow police stress that the money for the release were not paid. In connection with the kidnapping of the son of Kaspersky detained five people, including the organizer of the crime. Previously, he was convicted of kidnapping, noted, "Moscow News. With respect to detainees prosecuted under articles "kidnapping" and "extortion." Ivan Kaspersky was abducted the evening of 19 April in Moscow Strogino at the office of the company of his mother InfoWatch, where he worked as a programmer.
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Ivan Kaspersky, Kidnapped Son Of Kaspersky Labs CEO, Freed By Russian Police
04/25/11 03:07 AM ET 
MOSCOW -- The kidnapped son of a Russian software tycoon had been freed unharmed by Russian special forces, police and the tycoon's company said Monday.
Police spokesman Viktor Biryukov told Russian television that intelligence officers and OMON special forces took part in the operation to free 20-year-old Ivan Kaspersky. Five people were detained on suspicion of kidnapping.
Kaspersky Lab, which is owned and managed by his father Evgeny Kaspersky, said in a statement that no ransom was paid. It said Ivan is now in a safe place.
Ivan Kaspersky was kidnapped by unidentified men outside his mother's office where the mathematics student was doing an internship.
His parents were not available for comment Monday.
Evgeny Kaspersky's business is a rare story of Russian global business success outside the energy sector. The Forbes magazine estimates his fortune at $800 million.
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April 24, 2011
Russian police free kidnapped Kaspersky son The 20-year-old son of the antivirus company's founder was being held for a reported $4.3 million ransom
File photo of Russian anti-virus program developer and CEO of Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, Yevgeny Kaspersky. (Getty Images)
(CNET)
The kidnapped son of Kaspersky Lab's founder has been freed and five suspects are in custody in connection with the abduction, according to a Russian media report today.
Russian law enforcement officials freed Ivan Kaspersky, the 20-year-old son of Chief Executive Eugene Kaspersky, through a special operation with company security forces, according to theInterfax news agency.
"He has been freed without ransom," a spokeswoman for the Moscow-based antivirus company told the news agency.
The younger Kaspersky, a fourth-year student of mathematics and cybernetics at Moscow State University, was kidnapped Tuesday morning on his way to work at InfoWatch, a company owned by his mother, Natalya Kaspersky, according to the English version ofPravda.ru. Someone claiming to be his abductor later reportedly phoned the father and demanded $4.3 million.
No further information about the suspects was available, and Kaspersky representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/kaspersky-russia-cyber-security-ceo-son-kidnapped-report/story?id=13436082
Russian Cyber Security Mogul's Son Kidnapped: Report
Ivan Kaspersky, the 20-year-old son of the founder of Russian anti-virus firm Kaspersky Labs is missing and believed to be kidnapped. Handout
By LEE FERRAN
April 22, 2011
The son of the founder of one of the world's largest cyber security firms, Russia's Kaspersky Lab, has been kidnapped, according to a Russian news report.
The original report, published by the Russian language website Life News, said the 20-year-old Moscow University student and son of multi-millionaire software developer Evgeny Kaspersky was abducted Tuesday and kidnappers were demanding 3 million Euros for his release.
In a statement on the company website, Kaspersky Lab did not deny reports of Ivan Kaspersky's kidnapping, but asked the media not to speculate on the case.
"Eugene [Evgeny] Kaspersky continues his day-to-day work at the company, and has stated that the unconfirmed information being spread at the moment is harmful for the company," the statement said.
Life News later reported the son had been released after the ransom was paid, but a spokesperson for Kaspersky Labs echoed their previous statement to ABC News, referring to that information as another unconfirmed report.
Representatives for the Moscow police were not immediately available for comment, but a spokesperson for Russia's Interior Minister told Russia's state news organization RIA Novosti said the ministry and Moscow police were "checking information" about the reported kidnapping.
An employee for Moscow University told Russia's Pravdanews publication that investigators had already been to the school asking about the young Kaspersky, "but we do not know anything."
Forensic psychiatrist Mikhail Vinogradov, head of Russia's private Center for Legal and Psychological Assistance in Emergency Situations, said that kidnapping the offspring of Russia's new class of wealthy entrepreneurs had become a popular crime. "Every year 200-300 kids of rich parents get kidnapped in Russia," said Vinogradov, who added that while the practice is common in other countries too, "In Russia it is tougher, it is more brutal."
Last year Evgeny Kaspersky was awarded "CEO of the Year" by England's SC Magazine. The company operates in 100 countries for more than 300 million customers, according to the Kaspersky Lab website.
Kaspersky Lab was among several major cyber security companies toanalyze Stuxnet, the revolutionary computer worm that allegedly attacked an Iranian nuclear facility in 2010. They heralded the worm as "a working -- and fearsome -- prototype of a cyber-weapon, that will lead to the creation of a new arms race in the world."
READ: Stuxnet, Could Cyber Weapon Be Turned on U.S.?
ABC News' Dragana Jovanovic and Tanya Stukalova contributed to this report.
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http://www.gmanews.tv/story/218467/technology/kaspersky-founder-mum-on-sons-alleged-kidnap
Kaspersky founder mum on son's alleged kidnap
04/22/2011 | 11:53 AM
Security firm Kaspersky Labs has kept mum on reports that the son of its founder, Eugene Kaspersky, was abducted in Russia.
Kaspersky Labs issued a statement on Friday asking the media to "refrain from speculating and distributing unconfirmed information" about the kidnap.
"Kaspersky Lab respectfully asks members of the media to refrain from speculating and distributing unconfirmed information about alleged events related to the Kaspersky family. Eugene Kaspersky continues his day-to-day work at the company, and has stated that the unconfirmed information being spread at the moment is harmful for the company," it said.
Russian media outlet Pravda had reported that Kaspersky's son Ivan, 20, was kidnapped in Moscow, and that his whereabouts remain unknown.
The Pravda report said that the younger Kaspersky was kidnapped in the morning of April 19 when he was going to work.
Ivan, who was working on his diploma project, was employed at InfoWatch, the company of his mother Natalia Kaspersky - a co-founder of Kaspersky Lab.
The Pravda report said Ivan was kidnapped near the office of the company, and that the kidnappers demanded 3 million euros in ransom.
Pravda said Ivan is a fourth-year student of the Moscow State University, where he studies at the department of numerical mathematics and cybernetics.
It added Ivan's home and work addresses were indicated in his profile on Vkontakte, a popular Russian social network.
A separate story on DarkReading.com said that the elder Kaspersky did not appear to be aware of this as of Thursday night.
It quoted Graham Cluley of Sophos as saying that he spoke with Kaspersky Thursday night.
"I spoke to Eugene last night and he was very chirpy," Cluley said, adding that he also spoke with someone else who was with Kaspersky later who knew nothing about the son's alleged disappearance.
The report noted that a Kaspersky Lab spokesperson neither confirmed nor denied the reports, saying the company had no information to share at this time. - TJD, GMA News
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Ivan Kaspersky being held for $4.3M ransom, according to unconfirmed media reports
By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld
April 21, 2011 01:16 PM ET
Several news services are reporting that the son of Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky Labs, has been kidnapped for ransom in Russia.
The reports, including one from BBC News, are based on unconfirmed stories reported in Russian newspapers about the alleged kidnapping.
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Several news services are reporting that the son of Eugene Kaspersky, founder of the Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky Labs, has been kidnapped for ransom in Russia.
The reports, including one from BBC News, are based on unconfirmed stories reported in Russian newspapers about the alleged kidnapping.
According to the reports, Ivan Kaspersky, 20, was on his way to work when he was snatched by the kidnappers.
Russian secret service and other law enforcement officials have been searching for him for at least two days, the BBC reported quoting Interfax news agency. The kidnappers have allegedly demanded the equivalent of nearly $4.3 million for his return.
A spokesman for Kaspersky's U.S. operations today said the company has no information to share on the matter for the moment.
Kaspersky Labs claims more than 300 million customers of its products -- mostly consumers -- worldwide. Last week, market research firm Gartner listed Kaspersky as the third-largest consumer security software vendor in the world, with annual revenues growing at 42% over the past year. The company is ranked fifth worldwide in terms of software revenues from sales of enterprise security software, according to Gartner.
Jaikumar Vijayan covers data security and privacy issues, financial services security and e-voting for Computerworld. Follow Jaikumar on Twitter at @jaivijayan or subscribe to Jaikumar's RSS feed . His e-mail address is jvijayan@computerworld.com .
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http://en.rian.ru/russia/20110421/163636341.html
Son of Kaspersky Labs' founder said missing in Moscow
21:22 21/04/2011
Russian police are looking into reports that the son of software tycoon Yevgeny Kaspersky was kidnapped in Moscow, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Thursday.
"Russian Interior Ministry and Moscow police personnel are checking information that unidentified persons abducted in Moscow the son of well-known entrepreneur Yevgeny Kaspersky," the source said.
Russia media report that Ivan Kaspersky, 20, may have been snatched on Tuesday and some reports say he is being held for a 3 million euro ransom.
Yevgeny Kaspersky, who is behind the Kaspersky Labs anti-virus software, has a personal fortune of $800 million, according to Forbes magazine, and ranks 125th among Russia's 200 richest persons.
MOSCOW, April 21 (RIA Novosti)
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Kaspersky's Son 'Kidnapped'
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/kasperskys-son-kidnapped/435554.html
22 April 2011
The Moscow Times
Ivan Kaspersky, the 20-year-old son of computer guru Yevgeny Kaspersky, was kidnapped, with the criminals demanding a ransom of 3 million euros ($4.3 million), Lifenews.ru said Thursday, without citing any sources.
Law enforcement agencies issued no official statement on the matter, and the elder Kaspersky refused to confirm or deny the report, Interfax said. His company, leading anti-virus software maker Kaspersky Lab, said Thursday that it was looking into the story.
Ivan Kaspersky was kidnapped early Tuesday when walking through a factory area in Moscow's northwest on the way from home to work, Lifenews.ru said.
The younger Kaspersky works at the Moscow-based software firm InfoWatch, owned by his mother Natalya, Kaspersky Lab's co-founder. He is also a student at the computational mathematics and cybernetics department of Moscow State University.
The alleged criminals could have obtained information on Ivan Kaspersky's residence from his page on social network Vkontakte.ru, where he wrote the full address of the apartment he had lived in since 1991, Marker.ru said.
Privacy settings on the page were changed Thursday, with access to the information closed to unauthorized users.
Lifenews.ru said Ivan Kaspersky actually moved to a new apartment a month before the kidnapping. It remained unclear whether he provided the new address on his Vkontakte page.
An unidentified law enforcement agency source confirmed to Interfax on Thursday that police and the secret services are looking for Ivan Kaspersky, but did not elaborate.
Forbes Russia estimated the wealth of Yevgeny Kaspersky earlier this month at $800 million.
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http://news.life.ru/news/56767
Kaspersky son was kidnapped in Moscow The bandits demand a creator of the famous Eugene Kaspersky Antivirus ransom of € 3 million for the life of his 20-year-old son.
14:37, Thursday 21 April 2011
The kidnappers seized by Ivan in the industrial zone in the north-west of Moscow in the morning on April 19, when he went to work.
On the same day, immediately after the kidnapping, criminals have contacted the father of Kaspersky on the phone and demanded three million euro ransom.
- He never got to work - said a friend of Ivan - was last seen the morning of 19 April, and nothing more is known.
Evgeny Kaspersky, as soon as he learned that his son was in the hands of bandits, he immediately flew from London to Moscow.
While the location of 20-year old Ivan Kaspersky unknown.
Evgeny Kaspersky
- Even if these people get all the money, it still does not guarantee that Vanya will return - suggested other abductees.
At MSU, where Ivan Kaspersky student in my fourth year Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, says that until recently, the guy went to university on a regular basis, and then disappeared.
- The last time I saw him two or three weeks ago when he talked in the hallway with their teacher - told Life News is one of the officers of the university. - We have arrived at this point of law enforcement, but we know nothing.
Son of the creator of protective computer program doing his thesis project while he worked at the company InfoWatch, owned by his mother, Natalya Kaspersky, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab. "
- Ivan really works for us - commented on the company. - He was kidnapped right outside the office (InfoWatch located in an industrial area near the intersection of Prospect Marshal Zhukov and the Moscow Ring Road).
According to the sources of Life News, in search of criminals thrown all possible forces: the police, Secret Service, Criminal Investigation Department.
While officially the security services about the abduction of Ivan Kaspersky not comment.
- Send a query - the answer is in two days, - the press service of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry.
The Internet is already a version that Ivan calculated from data left on the page in social networks. However, only a month ago, Kaspersky, Jr. changed the apartment.
- This odnushku he bought his mother - told Life News concierge at home in the Little Filevskaya. - Where a month ago they moved here together with the girl. Very pleasant young men. Polite guy. Others his age are usually held by the headphones, and this is always greeted, never anything bad about him not listening.
- We knew little about him - told a neighbor Ivan on the stairwell. - They knew only that he had no car. With tenants, motorists still somehow come across, and this was the "horseless". In the apartment they were doing repairs. All the bounds of decency. No orgies or mass gatherings never staged.
The news of the abduction of Ivan was a shock for the family.Evgeny Kaspersky, he graduated from high school KGB tried to connect to investigate the best professionals.
Kaspersky - one of the richest men in Russia. Last week, Forbes Russia published the first extended version of the list of richest Russians, 125 th place in it - Kaspersky.
According to Forbes, Eugene Valentinovitch state totaled $ 800 million Eugene owns a controlling stake of the company, Kaspersky Lab, which produces antivirus software and other tools of computer security.
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Son of Kaspersky Lab's founder reported kidnapped in Moscow By Tim Conneally | Published April 21, 2011, 7:42 PM -
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Russian media, including the Moscow Times have been posting reports that the son of Yvegny Kaspersky, head of leading international data security firm Kaspersky Lab, has been kidnapped.
At about 4pm EST on Thursday, the Russian government's daily paper Rossiyskaya Gazeta published a report which said local law enforcement had confirmed the kidnapping of 20 year old Ivan Kaspersky.
  Unfortunately, no official statements from any concerned party have been made, and reliable information about the kidnapping was scarce as of Thursday evening.
According to a widely circulated but unsourced report in the publication Lifenews.ru, Kaspersky was abducted on the morning of April 19 while on his way to work at InfoWatch, and the kidnappers plotted the college senior's possible routes based on the home address he posted on popular Russian social network VKontakte, and his work's address near the Strogino station of the Moscow Metro.
Reports say the kidnappers have demanded a three million Euro ransom for Kaspersky's return.
Betanews has placed a number of inquiries and awaits further information on the matter.
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